GUWAHATI — Celebrating a dominant showing in the 2026 state assembly elections, ruling party officials attributed their third consecutive mandate entirely to a platform of "good governance," humbly downplaying their 2023 initiative to redraw the state's electoral map and the Chief Minister's public pledge that Bengali-speaking Muslims "cannot live in peace" under his administration.

The ruling alliance, which secured 101 seats—including 82 outright—to complete an electoral hat-trick dating back to 2016, praised its "well-oiled electoral machinery." Analysts note this machinery was heavily lubricated by a recent delimitation exercise that increased favorable Hindu-majority constituencies while reducing Muslim-dominated ones, a process party leaders have championed as a masterclass in universal appeal.

"Our track record speaks for itself," said a party spokesperson, pointing to the 'Orunodoi' scheme, which provides Rs 1,250 a month to 40 lakh women. "We have managed to perfectly balance the disbursement of critical welfare funds with aggressive eviction drives targeting specific demographics. It takes immense administrative focus to simultaneously lift up millions of residents while ensuring others remain entirely marginalized."

When asked to reconcile the campaign's inclusive development claims with the Chief Minister's on-the-record guarantee regarding the restless future of the "Miya" community, officials clarified that the administration's definition of "all citizens" was simply streamlined during the 2023 border-drawing exercise.