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Post the CAA in Assam, the state witnessed a new wave in the political landscape in order to oust the ruling BJP and revolt against the Act.
| 11 March 2021 8:06 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: Post the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Assam, the state witnessed a new wave in the political landscape in order to oust the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and revolt against the Act.
In this process, Assam saw two regional parties that emerged from the ashes backed by two famed faces of the state.
AJP leaders address the media in Guwahati
GUWAHATI: Amid widening political rift between the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and Raijor Dal (RD) after the two regional allies fielded candidates in same constituencies in some of the BJP strongholds in upper and northern Assam regions, the influential All Assam Minority Students’ Union (Aamsu) leader Azizur Rahman’s joining the Raijor Dal has given a major boost to the latter’s prospects in minority seats in lower Assam. Lower Assam is the saffron party’s weakest link, say party insiders.
A ‘friendly contest’ between Congress and AIUDF in five lower Assam constituencies and the fear of losing grip over grassroots workers of the two grand alliance partners because of seat exchange may divide Muslim votes unexpectedly, benifitting peasant activist Akhil Gogoi’s RD.