As the state celebrated the World Rhino Day on Sunday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said poaching of the animal dropped by 86% since the BJP rose to power in the state in 2016 by upsetting the Congress applecart.
The BJP had made inroads into the Northeast by winning Assam in 2016.
Ahead of that year's Assam elections, the party had promised that it would protect the rhinos if voted to power.
This story is from the September 23, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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