'BJP will retain Assam with record numbers'
GUWAHATI, March 16 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday predicted that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Assam will return to power with record numbers in the coming assembly election.
Polling in Assam will held in a single phase on April 9, the Election Commission announced on Sunday.
Shah, who was on a two-day visit to the state beginning Saturday, was addressing a gathering of the BJP's youth workers in Guwahati ahead of the likely announcement of schedule for the election by the Election Commission (EC).
"Nearly 125,000 youths from 31,400 polling booths from across Assam is present in the meeting today...The outcome of any election can be gauzed from the gathering of any party's youth workers," the union home minister said.
"The Maha Kumbh of youths in Guwahati today makes it clear that in the coming election the government led by Himanta Biswa Sarma will come to power. I can easily predict that BJP will achieve record majority in this election," he added.
"Anyone who sees today's gathering can easily presume what will be the status of parties opposing us in the next election," said Shah....
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