The Assam unit of the BJP on Friday decided it will contest the 2026 assembly elections in the state with its alliance partners, and set a target for the NDA to win 103 seats in the 126-member House.

The decision was taken by Assam BJP's core committee, the party's policy-making body, at a meeting, in which the panel also decided that the saffron party would contest the elections on issues of all-round development of the state and core ideological commitments on which the party stands, a release issued later said.

The core committee meeting was attended by BJP national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state party president Dilip Saikia, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, national secretary and MP Kamakhya Tasa, state-in-charge Harish Dwiv

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