April 6, 2026
Campaigns on full throttle ahead of state Assembly elections
Election fever is gripping India, where four states and one Union Territory are gearing up for polls in the coming weeks.
Assam is up first, with the northeastern state set to vote on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a string of election rallies in the key state on Monday, a day after opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appeared at a campaign event in the central district of Biswanath.
According to news agency PTI, Modi is slated to first attend a rally at Bhabanipur-Sorbhog in the Barpeta district in Lower Assam.
He will then make an appearance at a rally in central Assam’s Hojai before moving on to Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh.
It is the second time this month that Modi is on the campaign trail in Assam to drum up support for candidates from his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which which currently governs the state.
Rahul Gandhi condemns Assam chief minister
On Sunday, Gandhi launched an attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Biswanath, calling him the “most corrupt and hate‑spreading Chief Minister” of the country.
Meanwhile, Modi was at a rally in the poll-bound state of West Bengal on Sunday, where he criticized the ruling Trinamool Congress government, saying it would be held accountable for what he called its “sins.”
“In this election, fear will be driven out of Bengal. Confidence will awaken through the BJP’s grand victory. I assure you, after this election, a full accounting of their (TMC’s) sins will be done. It will be settled one by one,” Modi told the crowd.
West Bengal will hold elections from April 23 to 29.
TVK’s Vijay cancels poll rally in Chennai
Down south, in the state of Tamil Nadu where elections take place on April 23, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party’s chief, Vijay, called off his Monday campaign in Chennai over time constraints, news agency ANI reported.
ANI cited party sources as saying that the actor-turned-politician was to hold rallies in the constituencies of Villivakkam and T Nagar in the state’s capital city.
While the permission for the rally was granted, the party alleged that the time allotted by police to move between the two locations was not sufficient, ANI reported.
The TVK plans to file a complaint with the Election Commission over the issue, according to ANI.
