India, April 5 -- With just days left before Assam votes on April 9, 2026, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has placed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), illegal infiltration from Bangladesh, and what it calls "love jihad" and "land jihad" at the core of its campaign. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have repeatedly described these issues as existential threats to Assamese identity, culture, and land.

The party's Sankalp Patra, released on March 31, promises to implement the UCC within three months of returning to power, excluding Sixth Schedule tribal areas. It also proposes strict laws against "love jihad" and "land jihad," along with faster eviction and pushback of "ghuspethiyas" (infiltrators).

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