‘Uniform Civil Code, two lakh jobs’: BJP unveils Assam polls manifesto

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released the manifesto for the Assam assembly elections in Guwahati on Tuesday, promising two lakh jobs and the implementation of Uniform Civil Code.

The manifesto or Sankalp Patra was released by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who highlighted the economic growth of the state under the BJP government.

Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, State BJP president Dilip Saikia and others were present at the ceremony. 

"This manifesto has been built on a decade of delivery. When I look at Assam from the perspective of the Union Finance Minister, the state has been transformed in the last 10 years in ways the six decades of Congress rule could never achieve,” Sitharaman said.

She said Assam’s GDP has witnessed a 3.3 times increase in the last ten years—from Rs 2.24 crore in 2015-16 to Rs 7.41 lakh crore in 2025-26.

“Assam is today among the fastest growing economy among states. The per capita income has risen from Rs 1.03 lakh in 2020-21 to Rs 1.59 lakh in 2024-25,” she said.

The finance minister further claimed that Assam’s share of central taxes, which were Rs 10,000 crore under the Congress rule, increased to Rs 50,000 crore. Assam has received Rs 27,000 crore as a 50-year interest-free loan from the Centre, she added.

“When you talk about the double-engine government, these are the reasons... We are not just creating jobs for the youth, we are building an advanced and globally competitive ecosystem that Assamese talent across the world is choosing to come back to,” said the minister.

Detailing the party’s promises in the manifesto, CM Sarma said the UCC will be implemented in the state, excluding the Sixth Schedule and ST areas. He also said the government will take strong steps against ‘love jihad’.

“We will try to make flood-free Assam, and in the first two years, we will spend Rs 18,000 crore. We will provide 2 lakh jobs in next 5 years. We want to make One District, One Medical College, One University, One Engineering College," Sarma said. 

Saikia claimed that the BJP is all prepared to face the elections and that the party’s aim is to make Assam a secure and developed state.

“Our 'sankalp' (resolve) is to make a secure Assam, a developed Assam. We received 2.45 lakh suggestions from different parts of the state to prepare the Sankalp Patra," he said.