Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya outlined the BJP-led government's five-year vision in the Assembly amid opposition protests and walkout. He highlighted peace accords, economic growth, UCC plans, border fencing, employment generation, flood management and development goals across multiple sectors
The high-octane poll campaign for the second phase ended on Tuesday with all the players including the ruling NDA, Congress-led Mahajath making hard efforts to woo voters. The polling began at 7 am.
A total of 264 candidates are in the fray for 47 seats 42 seats from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats from central Assam's Nagaon district.
Concerns have been raised about the law, which seeks to "protect and relieve" economically vulnerable groups from usurious interest rates and coercive recovery means