among the prominent bjp leaders who campaigned for candidates in the second phase are central ministers amit shah nitin gadkari narendra tomar jitendra singh mukhtar abbas naqvi uttar pradesh chief minister yogi adityanath madhya pradesh chief minister shivraj singh chouhan among others the bjp was particularly strident in its attack on aiudf chief badruddin ajmal accusing him of encouraging illegal infiltration leading to encroachments and land and love jihad which the party has promised to tackle guwahati with the holi festival falling during the campaign period and assams most important festival rongali bihu barely a fortnight away the timing helped the contestants to reach out to voters with many smearing supporters with colours dancing to the tune of bihu songs and campaign songs of political parties for the congress state unit president ripun bora lok sabha mps pradyut bordoloi gaurav gogoi and abdul khaleque led the campaign along with aicc incharge of assam jitendra singh while campaigning the aiudf highlighted the caa and promised that it will not be implemented in assam besides assuring voters that the bjps alleged polarisation tactics will not be allowed to succeed the second phase of state elections will decide the fate of 345 candidates in 39 seats going to polls on april one after the announcement of poll dates in february end prime minister narendra modi began his campaign from karimganj in barak valley aiudf mlas former chief ministers of madhya pradesh kamal nath and maharashtras ashok chavan aicc leader randeep singh surjewala rjds tejashwi yadav aiudf chief badruddin ajmal and cpis kanhaiya kumar had also campaigned for the grand alliance candidates bjp president j p nadda had sounded the partys poll bugle from silchar in barak valley nearly two months before the election commission of india had announced the schedule for the state elections in the northeastern state the citizenship amendment act caa issue was at the forefront of the campaign with the bjp which had maintained a studied silence on it in the run up to the first phase of voting raising it in the barak valley this time as a carrot to the predominantly hindu bengali population some of whom have their roots in bangladesh modi also held a rally at sipajhar from where former asam sahitya sabha president paramanda rajbongshi is contesting as the bjp candidate the bjp asom gana parishad agp and the united peoples party liberal uppl are alliance partners both modi and nadda highlighted that the people of barak valley had sent party candidates to the assembly much before the saffron party made significant inroads in assam other candidates in the fray are former congress minister siddeque ahmed karimganj south sitting mla kamalakhya dey purkayastha karimganj north sitting the five guarantees include nullifying the caa in the state providing five lakh government jobs to youths in five years 200 units of free electricity raising the daily wage of tea garden workers from the current rs 193 to rs 365 and rs 2000 per month to homemakers congress