A bridge has become an unusual issue in a polarised part of Assam
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AIUDF chief says he initiated the project whose foundation stone Modi laid in February
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel keep up vigil along the Indo-Bangladesh international border in Dhubri district of Assam. File
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AIUDF chief says he initiated the project whose foundation stone Modi laid in February
A bridge to be India’s longest has become an unusual issue in a polarised part of Assam often synonymous with “illegal immigrants”.
Electoral politics in Assam since the 1970s has invariably been spun around the narrative of ‘Bangladeshis’ threatening to take over the State. Western Assam’s Dhubri district, from which South Salmara-Mankachar district was carved out in 2016, has been the peg of this storyline.
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Farmers to mark 100 days of agri protests today
To commemorate the day, plans are in works to block a major expressway outside New Delhi on March 6.
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Updated: Mar 6, 2021, 06:46 AM IST
The farmers agitation against the Centre s farm laws on Saturday will complete 100 days. The protests, which started on November 26, are still going on as eleven rounds of talks held between the government and the protesting farmer unions over their demand to repeal farm laws yielded no results.
To commemorate the day, plans are in works to block a major expressway outside New Delhi today.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) announced on Wednesday that they are planning to block the six-lane Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway for five hours, from 11 am to till 4 pm.
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