Overview
- Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led the BJP’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra through Gohpur, Bihpuria and Ranganadi on day three, with the roadshow slated to conclude at Nowboicha.
- Sarma and party leaders reported exceptionally large turnouts across Upper Assam, with the CM calling the public response unlike anything in his 25-year career.
- During day two, the BJP reiterated a pledge to reclaim five lakh bighas of encroached land and to issue land pattas to indigenous people, using decorated bulldozers as a symbolic nod to its land policy.
- The Congress’s ‘Samay/Xomoy Paribartonor’ yatra, led by APCC chief Gaurav Gogoi, advanced through Sivasagar and Dibrugarh districts with promises focused on education, healthcare and women’s economic empowerment.
- Gogoi accused the state government of neglecting Zubeen Kshetra, as both parties paired their outreach with visits to religious and cultural sites, and BJP leaders flagged an expected boost from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s March 13–15 visit.