Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has instructed party MLAs to effectively implement government beneficiary schemes and ensure that the benefits reach the most marginalized sections of society.
The panchayat elections are going to be held in the state this year and the Assembly election will happen in 2026.
He recently held a meeting with the party MLAs and discussed regarding panchayat and next year’s Assembly elections.
The chief minister has asked the MLAs to emphasize good performance in the panchayat polls.
“The performance in the panchayat elections in the constituencies will decide the ticket distribution in the 2026 Assembly polls,” he said.
The chief minister also said that some MLAs may not be given tickets for the Assembly polls.
CM Sarma recently dismissed claims of Hindu influx from Bangladesh, stating that state security forces have not detected any Hindu Bangladeshi infiltrators in the last five months.
CM Sarma said, “We have put the security forces on high alert at the international border following the unrest in Bangladesh to check infiltration. The police have detected a good number of illegal immigrants daily along the international border; however, no Hindu infiltrator from Bangladesh was arrested in the last five months.”
“Most of the Hindu community people, who had the desire to cross the border and come to India, had come here 30 or 40 years ago. The rest of the minority people have been living in Bangladesh despite facing large-scale atrocities in the neighbouring country. I guess they have their own reasons for staying there — may be a love for the soil or patriotism towards Bangladesh,” he further said.
