The Assam Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party on November 22 declared that the 2026 Assembly election will be defined by what it described as a political contest between the state’s indigenous communities and Muslims of East Bengal-origin.

The party said Assam’s “secure future” is closely linked to this electoral equation.

The assertion was made in a press release issued from Vajpayee Bhawan and signed by BJP media panellist Dilip Kumar Sharma. The statement said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has undertaken “unprecedented steps” to protect indigenous Assamese people, succeeding in areas where no government in the past 77 years since Independence had acted.

The party highlighted what it called landmark achievements under the current government, including the recognition of Assamese as a

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