BJP and its allies’ comfortable win in the complex state of Assam makes history it is the first non-Congress party to win back-to-back elections to the 126-seat assembly.
Assam, once seen as a Congress bastion, is bisected by the Brahmaputra which divides the land into the north bank and the south bank. The southern belt is also home to hill districts where local parties are significant contenders. There is also the Bengali-dominated Barak valley where BJP has long had influence. Barring a handful of constituencies, the saffron party retained much of the gains it had made in 2016. The dumping of its old ally, the Bodoland People’s Party of Hangrama Mohilary (which had earlier allied with Congress under Tarun Gogoi), late last year did not slow its advance to office.
The fight against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), demand for an error-free National Register of Citizens (NRC) and implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord for the safeguard of the state’s indigenous people will continue, despite the BJP-led Mitrajot’s victory.
Anti-BJP political parties, including the main opposition Congress, while accepting defeat in the battle of ballots, said they would continue to be vocal for the interest of the indigenous people of the state.
State Congress chief Ripun Bora said, “We accept the people’s decision. But, the fight is not over as far as anti-Assam moves are concerned.”
Disband present EC, probe actions of its members: Congress leader Anand Sharma
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 01:51 PM IST
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Synopsis The present Election Commission should be disbanded and actions of its members probed. The EC has disgraced itself and voters trust betrayed, Sharma said in a statement.
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Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday demanded that the present Election Commission be disbanded and the action of its members probed as it has allegedly betrayed the trust of voters. He also demanded that a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court should decide on the composition and qualifying criteria for the appointment of CEC and EC s.
Though the state Assembly had a legacy of accommodating sons and daughters of various politicians in these years, it is for the first time that a father-in-law and son-in-law are together becoming part of the House.
Of 31 Muslim MLAs elected to Assam Assembly, none belong to BJP and allies
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Aminul Haque Laskar, BJP s only Muslim MLA in 2016, lost to AIUDF.
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Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) State president Atul Bora with Chief Minister and BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal in Golaghat district of Assam. File photo
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Aminul Haque Laskar, BJP s only Muslim MLA in 2016, lost to AIUDF.
The treasury bench of the 126-member Assam Assembly will for the first time in at least 50 years have no Muslim representative. The BJP had fielded eight Muslim candidates, but all of them lost.