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Saturday, May 4, 2024
TopicAssam Assembly polls

Topic: Assam Assembly polls

PM Modi asks people to vote in record numbers as polling begins for Assam & Bengal 1st phase

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

No Bangladeshis, no Pakistan, no terrorism. Why Modi-Shah BJP has changed its poll pitch

Pakistan, Bangladeshis and terrorism are missing from the Modi-Shah election campaign. They seem to have understood the risks of cynical mixing of domestic political motivations with strategic national interests.

Refugees in Assam will be given citizenship rights, infiltrators not allowed, says Amit Shah

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.

BJP will enact laws to check ‘love and land jihad’ in Assam if voted to power — Amit Shah

Addressing election rallies Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the Congress-AIUDF alliance of encouraging infiltration that threatened to change Assam's demography.

Assam’s ‘Cylinder Candidate’ Akhil Gogoi, who could be a worry for both Congress and BJP

Akhil Gogoi, who gained attention for fiery anti-CAA speeches and was arrested on 12 December 2019, is president of newly launched Raijor Dol.

No mass leader, unclear party message — Congress’s national problem is also its Assam problem

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.

BJP will enact laws to check ‘love & land jihad’ in Assam if voted to power, says Amit Shah

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 Assam’s tea gardens, wages a poll issue. But workers also want good roads, clean water

Adding up to 17% of Assam’s population and 35% of its electorate, the tea tribes will be critical to the outcomes in about 40 out of 47 constituencies that go to vote Saturday.

Conversion, temples — themes defining BJP manifestos in 4 states. But cow missing in Kerala

The coming assembly elections are crucial for the BJP as they will decide the success or failure of the party’s expansion plans in the south, and its push in Bengal.

What is ‘land jihad’, and why BJP has promised a law against it in Assam election manifesto

Assam has a long history of illegal immigration. BJP wants to woo indigenous communities by talking about encroachment and promising land ownership.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.