Bordoloi, a 2-time MP from Nagaon in Assam & minister in Tarun Gogoi government, resigned from Congress party and joined the BJP days before elections in Assam.
The Indian voter rarely announces a change in advance. She absorbs the noise, registers the signals, appears persuaded—and then, in the privacy of the ballot, recalibrates.
If successful, its exit would mark the first observed passage by an India-linked tanker since a weeks-old US blockade of ships tied to Iran began, pushing Hormuz transits to nearly zero.
Historically, and instinctively, India has seen threats emerging from the west and the north, from Pakistan and China. The east has received less attention.
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