Rangapara, Nov 23: The political battle lines for the 2026 Assam Assembly elections sharpened further on Sunday, with the ruling BJP and the opposition Asom Sonmilito Morcha (ASM) trading accusations and revealing early strategies for the high-stakes contest.

At an event in Rangapara, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma predicted that the Congress would contest from only 22 Assembly constituencies in the upcoming elections.

He went on to name some of the seats where he claimed the alliance would field candidates, including Srijangram, Baghbar, Mandia, Samaria and Dalgaon.

The Chief Minister also accused the Congress of running its political machinery on funds drawn from the “miya” community, saying the party depended heavily on their votes and describing them as the Congress’s “ox

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