Overview
- Parties are ramping up youth outreach ahead of the single-phase vote on April 9 and the May 4 count, with the Election Commission reporting 72.83 lakh voters aged 18–29, including 6.28 lakh first-timers and 66.55 lakh in their twenties.
- Students and first-time voters say they see new roads and welfare support yet worry about rising state debt, scarce quality jobs, uneven education and health services, environmental damage, and corruption.
- The BJP-led state government points to schemes like Nijut Moina and Nijut Babu and claims 1.65 lakh government jobs, though many young voters ask for clearer rules, tighter monitoring, and faster delivery.
- A wave of young candidates is centering local fixes and accountability, including AJP’s Kunki Chowdhury in Guwahati Central on skills and civic basics, Congress’s Tanzil Hussain in Samaguri, Raijor Dal’s activist Rahul Chettri in Margherita, and PhD scholar Gyanashree Bora in Mariani.
- Reporting captures both momentum and caution, with Financial Express quoting Chowdhury calling Gen Z decisive and a BJP rival confident of youth support, while The Assam Tribune finds an evaluative mood that could swing close races.