In Pics | Campaigns in full force ahead of Assam polls

In the ongoing Assembly polls leaders from the ruling BJP as well as challenger Congress besides the regional outfits have been fanning out to constituencies in Assam. The Assam Assembly election will be held in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6.

Pitching for another term for a BJP-led government in Assam to

Accusing the BJP and the RSS of

Union Home Minister Amit Shah attacked the Congress for joining forces with Badruddin Ajmal's AIUDF in Assam because of its

Likening the opposition Congress and the AIUDF to the Mughals, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya claimed that the two parties need to be defeated in the upcoming Assembly polls to save the language, culture and heritage of Assam. Tejasvi Surya being felicitated with an Assamese japi at Yuva Samaroh programme, in Dibrugarh, Sunday, February 28, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

Congress general Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre for not paying heed to farmers' concerns over the new agricultural laws, and said its policies are designed to benefit only the rich. Credit: PTI File Photo

BJP president J P Nadda said the Congress can provide only

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was handing over public sector companies to two-three richest industrialists of the country at an election campaign rally, ahead of the Assam Assembly polls, at Mariani in Jorhat, Saturday, March 20, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

AGP pulled out of the BJP-led government in Assam in January 2019, after the saffron party refused to step back on the CAA. Two months later, the regional party, surprisingly, was back to the alliance at a time the anti-CAA agitation was building up. Union Home Minister Amit Shah being presented a traditional Assamese 'japi' during BJP's Bijoy Sankalpo Samabhekh public rally in Nalbari, Assam, Sunday, January 24, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

Hailed as a ‘jatiyanayak’ (national hero), Sonowal joined the BJP in 2011 in the party's attempt to expand its reach in the northeastern state. His identification changed from a regional politician to a national one after his victory from the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha seat in 2014. While campaigning during the 2016 Assembly polls in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called Sonowal a ‘diamond’. Proving his stronghold in the state, Sonawal won the election from the Majuli constituency -- the world's largest river island and the seat of Vaishnavite culture -- and is set to contest from the same seat again this year. Credit: PTI File Photo

n the ongoing assembly polls leaders from the ruling BJP as well as challenger Congress besides the regional outfits - the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the newly floated Assam Jatiya Parishad - have been fanning out to the constituencies in the tea-belt areas spread across eight districts of Upper Assam. Out of the 47 constituencies going to polls in the first phase on March 27, 38 fall in the tea districts of Jorhat, Golaghat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Bishwanath and Sonitpur. Credit: PTI File Photo

The Congress is now making an all-out effort to regain lost ground with its election campaign focusing on increasing the daily wages of tea garden workers to Rs 365 from an existing Rs 167 which appears to have caught the ruling BJP on the wrong foot placing them on the defensive. To counter it has been highlighting the various measures taken by the party during the last five years of its rulen for the tea garden belt. Credit: PTI File Photo

Himanta Biswa Sarma's defection was a major factor in the party's victory back then and now he assumes a more important role, to help the party retain power. Sarma had joined the BJP after quitting the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government in the state just months before the election. Sarma an astute politician and election strategist helped the saffron party win in a state that was traditionally a Congress stronghold and was rewarded with a Cabinet Portfolio. Sarma, believed to be aiming for a bigger role in the party, said that he would not contest in the polls this time around. However, he was named as a candidate from Jalukbari, a constituency he hasn't lost since 2001. Credit: PTI File Photo

Union Home Minister Amit Shah plays an instrument inside Batadrava Than, the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardev, in Nagaon District of Assam. Credit: PTI File Photo

All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at Kamakhya Temple, during her visit to Assam ahead of state Assembly polls, in Guwahati, Monday, March 1, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

Interacting with women workers of the Sadharu Tea Estate near, Sonia Gandhi said farmers have been protesting in and around the national capital for months, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is yet to meet them and end the impasse. Credit: PTI File Photo

BJP candidate Prasanta Phukan waves at his party worker during a rally towards Deputy Commissioners' Office to file his nomination ahead of the elections, in Dibrugarh, Monday, March 8, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

AICC General Secretary and in-charge of Assam, Jitendra Singh with party MP Gaurav Gogoi and senior leader Pradyut Bordoloi during an election rally, ahead of State Assembly elections, in Nagoan district, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal (C) along with State Fishery Minister Parimal Suklabaidya (4R) and others during a public meeting in support of the party candidate, ahead of state assembly polls, at Silchar in Cachar district, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma during an election campaign rally, ahead of Assam Assembly polls, at Behali in Sonitpur district, Monday, March 15, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held Congress responsible for lack of development and illegal influx in the North East and rise of militancy in Kashmir in its quest for power. Addressing a poll campaign rally in Hojai district, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, the senior BJP leader charged the Congress, the main opposition party in Assam, of ignoring the people's welfare and development of the region in its quest for power. Credit: PTI File Photo

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manoj Tiwari addresses during an election campaign rally, ahead of Assam Assembly polls, at Silchar in Cachar district, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi during an election campaign rally ahead of Assam Assembly polls, in Jorhat district, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

BJP National President J P Nadda being felicitated with a 'japi' at an election campaign rally, ahead of Assam Assembly polls, at Tingkhong in Dibrugarh district, Monday, March 22, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma greets supporters during an election campaign rally in support of party candidate Angorlata Deka from Batadrava seat, ahead of Assam Assembly polls, at Jajori in Nagaon district, Monday, March 22, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

Supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cheer during a public meeting ahead of Assam Assembly elections in Sipajhar on the outskirts of Guwahati on March 24, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

BJP supporters during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election campaign rally ahead of the Assam Assembly polls , at Sipajhar in Darrang district, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Credit: PTI File Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated with an 'Assamese Japi' during an election campaign rally ahead of the Assam Assembly polls , at Sipajhar in Darrang district, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo