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TopicAssam Assembly polls

Topic: Assam Assembly polls

13 parties are fighting Assam elections — who they are, and how state has voted in the past

BJP is in alliance with AGP & UPPL, while Congress has tied up with AIUDF, Left parties, ex-BJP ally BPF and others to try and regain power in Assam.

Election Commission appoints 3 central special observers for Assam assembly polls

The EC has appointed 90 general, 31 police and 53 expenditure observers so far in the state, where assembly elections are set to be held in 126 constituencies.

16% candidates in Phase 1 of Assam polls face criminal cases, 39% crorepatis — ADR report

Out of 259 candidates analysed, 13% of them have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, the ADR report stated. Educational qualifications of 37% was between Class 5-12.

Assam’s fascinating politics & how RSS took BJP to the top in a state where it didn’t exist

Shekhar Gupta explains BJP's success in Assam and how RSS changed the political fault line from anti-outsider to anti-Muslim infiltrator.

Congress can only provide ‘corruption guarantee’ whenever it comes to power, says JP Nadda

Taking a dig at the Opposition, the BJP chief said the BJP has a mission while the Congress is 'only interested in commission'.

Congress following Jinnah’s footsteps, will destroy country, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Addressing a rally in Assam's Dibrugarh, the Madhya Pradesh CM said the Congress has failed to carry out any developmental work in the Northeast since Independence.

Amit Shah on two-day campaign in poll-bound Assam, West Bengal

The BJP said the Home Minister will address two public meetings at Margarita and Nazira in Assam Sunday. He will then leave for Bengal where he will hold a road show in Kharagpur.

Will make Assam govt case against CAA if Congress is voted to power, says Gaurav Gogoi

Gogoi also hit out at the BJP for criticising Congress' alliance with AIUDF, saying the alliances were not based on religion but on whether one is for CAA or against it.

BJP declares 3 more candidates for second phase of Assam polls

In the first phase, 22 sitting MLAs of the saffron party will be contesting the polls while in the second, nine sitting MLAs have been allotted the same seat.

Rivals BJP and Congress share the same dilemma in Assam — the missing CM face

For both the Congress and BJP, the misery is unlikely to end soon. The issue will become even more difficult to handle once polls have been won.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.