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Himanta Biswa Sarma has won from Jalukbari for four consecutive terms GUWAHATI: Jalukbari voters have one petition to all candidates who have come to them seeking votes: Addressing the issues of Sualkuchi’s handloom sector, where over 20,000 weavers have been affected due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Sualkuchi, about 35km from Guwahati, often known as the Manchester of the East, is a single commercial hub of handloom silk production. Almost 20,000 people of the entire Sualkuchi village are engaged in age-old traditional Pat Muga production. However, the industry has been struggling lately. Hig...

DAUTING TASK: Congress’s Romen Chandra Borthakur GUWAHATI: Romen Chandra Borthakur isn’t a new name in the political circles in Assam. He started as the Dibrugarh district general secretary of All Assam Students’ Union, and later served as a leader of Asom Gana Parishad until 2001. But this time, he is in focus because he is the Congress candidate against BJP’s most high-profile candidate — literally its face in the northeast — Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarma, who has won from Jalukbari four times, is eyeing a fifth consecutive win. The BJP heavyweight has conducted a high-voltage ca...

GUWAHATI: Romen Chandra Borthakur isn’t a new name in the political circles in Assam. He started as the Dibrugarh district general secretary of All Assam Students’ Union, and later served as a leader of Asom Gana Parishad until 2001. But this time, he is in focus because he is the Congress candidate against BJP’s most high-profile candidate — literally its face in the northeast — Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarma, who has won from Jalukbari four times, is eyeing a fifth consecutive win. The BJP heavyweight has conducted a high-voltage campaign across the state this time, leaving his wife ...