Overview
- AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi will make his first election visit to Assam to campaign for the AIUDF with at least eight events in the first week of April.
- He is slated to stump for AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal in Binnakandi as the party contests 30 of 126 seats that are largely Muslim-majority.
- The BJP has scheduled high-profile canvassing, starting with Home Minister Amit Shah’s roadshow in Guwahati and followed by a planned visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Owaisi’s Assam turn follows his recent alliance push in West Bengal with the Aam Janata Unnayan Party, signaling AIMIM’s bid to grow its eastern footprint.
- Assam votes in a single phase on April 9, and changes from a 2023 boundary redraw have raised the stakes in seats where Bengali-speaking Muslims often decide outcomes.