Cash for UG, PG students, Bihu gift for women: Before Assam polls, it’s raining sops

Cash for UG, PG students, Bihu gift for women: Before Assam polls, it’s raining sops

New Year announcements, just ahead of upcoming elections, are latest in a slew of beneficiary schemes and increases in entitlements announced by Assam govt in last few years

Following Nitish Kumar's strategy to win votes, Himanta Biswa Sarma announces 'gifts' for women and stipends for students in Assam

The 2026 Assam Assembly Elections are looming. While the equation in Assam once seemed smooth for the BJP, it no longer appears so. The state’s ethnic dynamics are changing. Muslims are uniting, and there is resentment among the Assamese as well. Seeing the situation deteriorating, Himanta Biswa Sarma, the BJP’s ‘Chanakya’ of Northeast India, has resorted to populist politics. He announced several financial assistance schemes for both men and wo…