Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made a slew of pre-election promises on Saturday, including the creation of 50,000 additional government jobs and the expansion of welfare schemes for the state’s residents.
Addressing election rallies in Titabor, Nazira, and Mariani, Sarma reiterated the BJP government’s commitment to employment generation and the strengthening of social security measures.
“We had promised people of giving one lakh jobs, and the Congress had laughed at us then. But we kept our promise and gave employment to one lakh youths,” the Chief Minister said at the Titabor rally. “Now, in the next few years, we will give 50,000 more jobs, spread across different departments such as home and education.”
Sarma also assured the people that more beneficiaries would be added to the ‘Orunodoi’ scheme, under which Rs 1,250 is transferred every month to the bank accounts of women belonging to financially weaker households. Additionally, he said that the facilities for families with ration cards would be further expanded, providing them with free foodgrains, healthcare, and insurance coverage.
“We have not only ensured that more families have ration cards, but are now also going to provide more facilities for such families, from free foodgrains to healthcare to insurance, everything will be covered under it,” the Chief Minister stated.
Exhorting the people to vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third successive term, Sarma emphasized the importance of a “double engine government” for sustained and accelerated development in the state.
At the Nazira rally, the CM urged the people to elect a BJP candidate in the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, promising to address the grievances of the people and ensure that the sitting Congress MLA, Debabrata Saikia, “does not steal credit for the BJP government’s schemes.”
Earlier in the day, Sarma had addressed a rally in Mariani, where he outlined the schemes undertaken by the BJP government for the state’s tea tribes, a significant voting bloc.
