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Accord, discord, and defections: Can Assam’s local fires outburn the BJP’s big machine?

As election momentum builds in Assam, the political atmosphere is thick with competing slogans, but thin on a single, dominant narrative.

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Assam ministers return to hate politics

In sharp contrast to the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll campaign, communal remarks have returned to the state’s politics with ministers trying to portray the Congress’s victory in three seats as a boost to criminal elements within the minority community.

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In Assam, two valleys divided on CAA, united in its absence as poll plank

“Even if somebody had come from Bangladesh, he won’t be able to apply under CAA, given the way rules are made. As per the rules, one needs to produce documents from Bangladesh. How is that possible, tell me?”

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In Assam, BJP tries to woo 1.21 cr women voters with schemes, ‘fake forms’

Gitarthi Bora, a 43-year-old resident of Bharti village in Assam's Sivasagar district, received a message last week on a WhatsApp group for the self-help group she is part of. It was from a senior, and invited her to attend chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s public meeting.

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CAA unacceptable to Assam's indigenous population: AJP chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi

AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi opposes CAA in Assam, a critical issue in 2024 elections, fighting for indigenous rights.

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PM Modi reaches Assam amid anti-CAA mood

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Assam’s Kaziranga amid anti-CAA protests, to lay foundation stones for projects worth ₹18,000 crore.

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Himanta family’s grip on the headlines via Northeast India’s biggest media empire

On January 18, as the Congress party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra passed through Assam, Rahul Gandhi addressed a public gathering in Jorhat.

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In a first, Assam Assembly conducts ballot voting on resolution

Assam Assembly witnesses historic ballot voting on irrigation resolution, rejected by 9 votes, sparking controversy among MLAs.

The Hindu

Assam govt. footed ₹58-crore flight bills of CM, others

Assam government spent more than ₹58 crore on hiring helicopters and chartered flights for Himanta Biswa Sarma and other dignitaries since May 2021.

The Hindu

Gaurav Gogoi calls for Assam CM Sarma’s resignation over subsidy row

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi demanded the resignation of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma following a controversy over the approval of ₹10 crore subsidy under the Prime Minister’s Kisan Sampada Yojana for a firm owned by the latter’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma.

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Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi’s plea challenging sedition charges against him

The Supreme Court sought a response of the Centre on a plea of RTI activist and independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi challenging the invocation of penal provision of sedition against him in a case related to anti-CAA protests.

The Hindu

Akhil Gogoi apologises to Barack Obama for Assam CM’s ‘slur’

Activist-turned-MLA Akhil Gogoi has apologised to former U. S. President Barack Obama for a “racist” comment made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

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Delimitation to serve Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s own interests, alleges opposition

GUWAHATI: Opposition parties in Assam, including Congress, accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of preparing constituency delimitation exercise at the behest of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, which they said is aimed at fulfilling the latter’s vested interest to stay in power for a longer term and not to protect…

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At least 44 times over 5 years: The NIA, ED and I-T ‘crackdown’ on the media

In September 2022, Paojel Chaoba, the editor of daily Frontier Manipur, was summoned by the National Investigation Agency, as part of the agency’s probe into Manipur journalist Bijoy Kakchingtabam’s alleged links with insurgents.

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Akhil Gogoi protests against price rise in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi, along with his party workers, staged a massive protest in Guwahati on Friday against the BJP government in the state for its failure to curb steep price hike in fuel, kitchen essentials, LPG, medicines and construction materials in its first year of the second term.

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Assam Opposition MLAs trade charges after Rajya Sabha election

Cross-voting helps BJP and ally UPPL bag two seats with a total of 90 votes, eight more than they had

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Akhil Gogoi suspended from Assam Assembly for disturbing Governor's speech

Suspended for the duration of the Governor's speech for repeatedly raising the issue of employment to one lakh youths as promised by the BJP government

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How the Citizenship Bill is reopening old wounds in the Northeast

A visit to Assam and Meghalaya by members of a Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the contentious draft Citizenship (Amendment) Bill of 2016 has brought to the fore old fractures between communities that were in the process of healing, and raised fears of fresh unrest in a region that turned towards…

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