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The BJP has decided to dissolve the Assam unit of its minority cell after no Muslim candidate of its alliance managed to win a seat in the state. The alliance had a comfortable victory -- winning 75 of the state's 126 seats of which the BJP won 60 se

This book flows with the Brahmaputra from Tibet to the Ganga, blending travel, memoir and history An excerpt from ‘The Braided River: A Journey Along The Brahmaputra’, by Samrat Choudhury. We had not thought that the Brahmaputra would be hard to find. It’s huge, it’s a river, and it’s right there. I had seen it many times in Guwahati, where it is a single channel of water flowing between two banks and the opposite bank is visible, and of course I had seen it neatly marked on maps. Aft...

STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI: In the run-up to the Assam Assembly election all odds were against the BJP – CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), NRC (National Register of Citizens), implementation of the Clause VI of the Assam AccNRC (National Register of Citizens), Assam Assembly electionord, granting ST status to six ethnic groups, failure in fixing tea labourers wage and what not. But, how the ruling alliance could sail against the wind during the poll is no magic wand. An impression was given befor...

Mamata keeps BJP at bay in West Bengal SECTIONS Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 07:03 AM IST Share Synopsis Banerjee, however, lost the prestige battle in Nandigram by a slender margin, according to a late night update on Election Commission website, though her party improved the 2016 winning record of 211 seats, and in the process, halted the BJP’s big eastward push. PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Banerjee and promised the Centre’s full support in combatting Covid-19. Mamata B...

Congress says Assam Jatiya Parishad and Raijor Dal dented its vote in the state polls SECTIONS Share Synopsis Congress party prior to the election cobbled up 10 parties led by the Grand alliance. The alliance has declared that it will form a high power committee to find out the reasons for its failure and will take up with the Election Commission the matter of EVMs. Congress party stated EVMs were found in the car of BJP candidate, there were instances where serial number of EVMs did not match....

The Lotus in Its Second Spring: How BJP Kept Assam Assams sub-groups of voters with divergent socio-economic realities gave a chance to BJP to erase the anti-CAA sentiments against it. People light earthen lamps after BJPs win in the Assam Assembly Elections in Majuli district, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI Rights19 hours ago At the time of writing this, Bhartiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance seems poised to return to power in Assam with the party riding high on what appears t...

Express News Service GUWAHATI: The hotchpotch alliance of 10 Assam Opposition parties with contrasting ideologies which also had no chief ministerial face found few takers in the polls. The “Mahajot”, formed two months ago to oust the BJP from power, was led by the Congress but it has been faced with a leadership crisis and plagued by factionalism ever since the death of former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.  The Congress and the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) had co...

Assam election results: Anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi first in state to win polls from jail The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal -- arrested in December 2019 over sedition charges -- bagged 57,219 votes as an Independent, garnering support from 46.06 per cent of the electorate. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI SIBSAGAR: Jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency,...

Akhil "Gogoi won because he identified with the indigenous sentiments. People considered him as their spokesperson," Rahman Barbhuiya told PTI. SIBSAGAR: Jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency, defeating his nearest rival Surabhi Rajkonwari of the BJP by a decisive 11,875 votes. The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal -- arrested in December 2019 over sedition charges -- ...

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi wins Assam polls from Sibsagar constituency Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi wins Assam polls from Sibsagar constituency Akhil Gogoi who is under arrest since December 2019 for his alleged involvement in anti-CAA protests in the state, has won the election from the historic Sibsagar constituency in Upper Assam with a margin of 11,875 votes. advertisement Akhil Gogoi (File photo) Farm activist and president of newly formed political party Raijor Dal, Akhil Gogoi -- current...