DISPUR: The polling for the second part of the three-phased meeting elections in Assam will happen on Thursday.
A complete of 39 constituencies out of the remaining 79 are going to polls within the second part. Within the first part, 47 seats went to polls within the 126-member meeting.
The BJP had lined up star campaigners within the poll-bound constituencies with occasion’s nationwide president JP Nadda addressing three rallies, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi campaigning in Badarpur and Sonai whereas Smriti Irani touring three regions-Borbhag, Gauripur, and Dhubri. The Congress had additionally introduced in Rahul Gandhi to present a last-minute push to its candidates. Nonetheless, Gandhi was not in a position to attain the state as a result of unhealthy climate on Tuesday — the day campaigning got here to an finish for the second part.
The second part of elections will resolve the destiny of 345 candidates.
A complete of 345 candidates are within the fray for 39 constituencies. Whereas 649 nominations have been filed, 30 of them have been rejected and 33 have been withdrawn. Of the 345 candidates, there are 4 ministers and the deputy speaker of the Assam meeting.
Outstanding faces from the BJP embrace ministers Parimal Suklabaidya from Dholai, Bhabesh Kalita from Rangia, Pijush Hazarika from Jagiroad, and Deputy Speaker Aminul Haque Laskar from Sonai. Notably, former Deputy Speaker Dilip Kumar Paul is contesting as an Impartial candidate from Silchar after he was denied a ticket by the BJP. He had resigned from the occasion following the ticket row.
The election within the second part contains 15 meeting seats within the Barak Valley. Within the 2016 polls, BJP had bagged eight seats six from Cachar district and two from bordering Karimganj district, which shares boundaries with Bangladesh.
Assam Minister Parimal Suklabaidya is contesting from the Dholai seat for the seventh time on a BJP ticket. State minister Piyush Hazarika is contesting from Jagiroad and Bhabesh Kalita, additionally a minister, from the Rangia seat.
Former Congress minister Gautam Roy is contesting from Katigorah on a BJP ticket, whereas former Deputy Speaker Dilip Kumar Paul, who resigned from the BJP after he was denied ticket, is contesting as an Impartial from Silchar.
Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary is contesting from Panery and former Asam Sahitya Sabha President Paramananda Rajbongshi is attempting his luck from Sipajhar. Former Assam Minister for Hill Areas Growth, Mines and Minerals and Congress chief Sum Ronghang is within the fray from the Diphu seat.
The BJP shaped the primary party-led authorities in Assam after securing a thumping win within the 2016 elections. BJP and its allies gained 86 out of 126 seats and ousted the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress authorities which dominated the state for 15 years.
The principle contest is seen to be between the alliances led by BJP and Congress.
The BJP-led led alliance additionally contains the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United Individuals’s Celebration Liberal (UPPL).
Congress has stitched a broad alliance that features All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF), Communist Celebration of India, the Communist Celebration of India (Marxist), the Communist Celebration of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the Anchalik Gana Marcha (AGM), and the Bodoland Peoples’ Entrance (BPF).
Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal has stitched an alliance with Assam Jatiya Parishad.The BJP is banking on the efficiency of the Sarbanand Sonowal authorities within the state up to now 5 years, the initiatives of the central authorities, and the attraction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Mahajath leaders additionally campaigned extensively within the second part seats.
The second part noticed the controversy over Citizenship Modification Act. Whereas the BJP leaders stated that they are going to implement CAA, Congress has promised to “nullify it”.
The BJP has been concentrating on the Congress occasion over its alliance with AIUDF and has been elevating the problem of infiltration. Celebration leaders have stated that Congress has allied with those that have “favoured infiltration”.
The BJP has additionally promised to free the state of the issue of recurrent floods. “We wish to make Assam free from floods. Satellite tv for pc mapping can be achieved, reservoirs can be created. We wish to make each village within the state ‘aatmanirbhar’,” Nadda stated at a public assembly in Dharmapur.
The Congress, alternatively, has promised 5 lakh authorities jobs to youth in 5 years, 200 items of free electrical energy, taking daily-wage of tea backyard staff to Rs 365 and Rs 2,000 monthly to homemakers.
“Congress has given 5 ensures to voters of Assam. We’re not BJP, we fulfill our guarantees. Tea backyard staff should bear in mind our assure of Rs 365 per day as minimal wage,” Gandhi stated on Wednesday.
In accordance with the Election Fee, there are 73,44,631 electors within the 39 constituencies going to polls within the second part. Of those, 37,34,537 are males, 36,09,959 are females and 135 are transgenders.
In accordance with the state election fee, the constituency with the best variety of electors in Part II is Hojai. It has 373 polling stations and a couple of,65,886 voters. The constituency having the bottom variety of electors is Howraghat in Karbi Anglong district with 195 polling stations and 1,32,339 electors.
Over 73.44 lakh voters electors are eligible to solid their vote within the second part of the election.
The polling would start at 7 am and conclude at 6 pm on April 1.
