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Govt to form new panel for preparing roadmap to implement Assam Accord

The Assam government on Tuesday announced that it will form a committee comprising ministers and members of the AASU for preparing a roadmap within three months to implement the Assam Accord.

Assam poll results: Early trend shows BJP leading on 6 seats, AGP in 2

The counting of votes in the Assam polls has commenced and early trends have started to pour in showing BJP leading on six seats while Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) is leading on two seats

Exit polls close the gap with ads

Skybus ads across newspapers in Assam by major political parties raise serious questions about the business of polling

Assam polls: Polling starts for first phase; CM Sonowal, top oppn in fray

Voting began at 7 am on Saturday for 47 seats in the first phase of the assembly elections in Assam to decide the fate of CM Sarbananda Sonowal, and a host of ministers and opposition leaders

Assam polls: Stakes high for BJP, AGP in first phase today; Sonowal in fray

The stakes for BJP and its ally Asom Gana Parishad are high in Assam where 47 seats of 126 Assembly constituencies across 34 districts will go for polling to the first of the three-phase elections

BJP's ally AGP names six candidates for second phase of polling in Assam

Ruling alliance member Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Thursday released its second list of candidates containing six names for the second phase of polling on April 1.

BJP unveils first list of 70 candidates for Assam Assembly elections

The BJP on Friday released its first list of 70 candidates for the Assam polls and announced that allies AGP and United People's Party Liberal will contest on 26 and eight seats respectively

Assam coronavirus update: Two BJP MPs and AGP MLA test positive

Two BJP Lok Sabha MPs and an AGP MLA have tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam, officials said on Thursday

From Left of the centre to Right, Asom Gana Parishad has seen it all

The AGP returned to power in 1996 but it never touched the heights it soared to a decade earlier

AGP in the bind over citizenship law after voting for it in Parliament

The AGP, which aligned with the BJP in the last Assembly polls in 2016, voted for the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, where it has one lone member, Birendra Prasad Baishya

Three killed in police firing as CAB protests flare across the Northeast

Two Bangladeshi ministers cancel visit to India; uncertainty over Guwahati hosting Shinzo Abe in India-Japan summit on December 15

The AGP's real dilemma

The Asom Gana Parishad's fears relating to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill are not misplaced. But does the party still matter in Assam's politics?