NDA sweeps Rabha Hasong tribal council in Assam

NDA wins tribal council election in Assam, securing 33 out of 36 seats, reflecting people's trust in governance.

GUWAHATI

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) swept a tribal council election on Friday , winning 33 of its 36 seats.

The election to the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC), comprising large swathes of the Goalpara and Kamrup districts, was held on April 2. The council has 40 seats, four of which are for nominated members.

According to the results declared by the Assam State Election Commission late on Friday night, the Rabha Hasong Joutha Mancha (RHJM) won 27 seats, and the BJP six. The two parties had won three seats uncontested earlier — the RHJM won two, and the BJP won one.

Two seats went to independent candidates. The Congress party had to be content with one.

The NDA, however, won two fewer seats than in 2019. That year, the RHJM had won 33 seats while allies BJP and Asom Gana Parishad, which did not contest this time, had won a seat each.

“This victory reflects the people’s trust in the governance we have provided in the last five years,” RHAC’s chief executive member, Tankeswar Rabha, said. He retained the No. 7 South Dudhnoi council constituency comfortably.