Given how deep-seated the ethnic identity issue has been in Assam, there is no telling if this shift is merely a phase. But the voters don’t seem to have CAA on their mind.
Trinamool Congress general secretary Subrata Bakshi says BJP trying to mislead people by projecting that Mamata only has Muslim support; in 2019 polls, party got around 19% Hindu votes too.
The BJP hopes to retain power in Assam and defeat the ruling TMC in West Bengal. Assam and Bengal will have three-phase and eight-phase elections, respectively
In the Home Minister's first direct reference to CAA in the run-up to the Assam assembly elections, Shah accused the Congress-AIUDF alliance of encouraging infiltration.
Addressing election rallies Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the Congress-AIUDF alliance of encouraging infiltration that threatened to change Assam's demography.
Congress wants criminal case to be registered against a voter who has got himself or herself registered multiple times or with the same photograph under different names.
Assam's 3-phase election begins Saturday but Congress campaign appears to still be floundering. The party feels the lack of a Tarun Gogoi, someone with clear & in-control leadership.
Addressing an election campaign in the poll-bound state, the home minister said appropriate laws and policies will be put in place to strengthen Assamese culture & civilisation.
In interview with ThePrint, Union Minister Babul Supriyo accuses Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of positioning herself as Bengal’s daughter for ‘cheap publicity’.
India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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