On May 2, four states and one Union Territory will elect their new assemblies. Of these, the final outcome will seriously impact the states that border Bangladesh. Since independence, Assam had acquired a disproportionately large number of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh. As a result, they now constitute a majority in 53 out of 126 constituencies and are poised to add a few more. However, the other ethnic and religious groups never accepted their legitimacy as citizens and kept protesting, often violently. Finally, an exercise was undertaken to identify genuine settlers. A National Register of Citizens (NRC) was accordingly prepared but names figuring in the list have left the original residents more agitated.
Only 7.8% women candidates in Assam electoral battle
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Sujit Chakraborty ( IANS) |
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Only 7.8% women candidates in Assam electoral battle. Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati, April 4 : Only 7.8 per cent women candidates are among the total 946 contestants in fray for the 126-member Assam Assembly elections, leading to discontent among female activists and writers.
According to the state s Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade, of the total 946 candidates, 74 are women while, out of the overall 2,33,74,087 voters, 1,15,50,403 are females.
He said out of the 33,530 polling stations set up for the three phases (March 27, April 1, April 6) of the polls across the state, 1,351 are all women managed.
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The fate of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) appears to be hanging on fire after the Registrar General of India (RGI) has made it clear that it would not provide funds
| 4 April 2021 5:00 AM GMT
The fate of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) appears to be hanging on fire after the Registrar General of India (RGI) has made it clear that it would not provide funds to the Assam Government to continue with the exercise beyond March 31, 2021. This development has come at a time when political parties are making the NRC an issue in the ongoing Assam Assembly elections. As reported in the media, Jaspal Singh, Joint Director in the Office of the Registrar General of India (controlled by the Home Ministry) has informed the Assam Government that all activities for NRC updation must be completed within the approved cost of the scheme by March 31, 2021. The RGI s office has also made it clear that there is no provision for allocation of funds beyon
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Assam elections: BJP banks on work, but Badruddin Ajmal keeps hold on minorities
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Though Congress and AIUDF have always fought polls against each other, the alliance of the two rivals is banking on their chemistry to win the minority-dominated seats of Lower Assam this time.
AIUDF is in the fray in 12 seats in the Lower Assam region, which will vote in the third phase on April 6. 40 assembly seats are going to polls on April 6.
Voters in Lower Assam, one of the less developed areas of the state, are being wooed by all political parties on the development plank. And central to this development story is the under-construction 22-km Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded bridge –– the country s longest–– which is expected to revolutionise the economy and connectivity of Southern Assam and Meghalaya.