Assam Assembly Elections 2016
Mallya met Jaitley before fleeing: RahulAICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi, in his election speech in Muslim-dominated Goalpara East constituency, on Monday said fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya had met Union finance minister Arun Jaitley - First phase of Assam assembly polls begins amid tight security
In all 535 companies of security forces have been deployed in the 65 constituencies. Out of them 433 companies are central forces and 102 are from the state police, Assam Chief Electoral Officer The influential Tai Ahom Yuva Parishad (TAYP) on Sunday asked Ahom community voters not to vote for the BJP in the assembly polls. Dokhu Rabha, headman of the picturesque Sarakpara village, is a worried man. The Rabha-dominated village in Goalpara district was gutted in the 2011 ethnic strife between Rabhas and Garos and - Development, jobs key concerns for first-time voters
For most first-time voters this time, development and employment are primary concerns. And when Assam goes to the polls on Monday, they will make their decisions on the basis of candidates and not - Left Front only way forward: Manik Sarkar
Manik Sarkar, chief minister of Tripura, the country’s lone Left-ruled state, launched a marathon campaign in Assam on Sunday for Left Front candidates. - Modi’s politics won’t work here: Tarun Gogoi
Appearing in his last election since contesting and winning his first in 1971, 81-year-old Tarun Gogoi tells TOI that it’s time for his generation to step aside for the young. Excerpts… - Can this election pave way for new secular front?
This election will test Muslim-dominated All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and its allies RJD and JD(U) on whether they can cobble together a national-level secular front before the Uttar - BJP puts Gogoi grit to test
All Eyes On Model Polling Booths - Five all-women teams to conduct elections in Assam's Jorhat
The Jorhat district administration in Assam has all-women teams to conduct elections at five booths. All officers, including the presiding officer and the polling officer will be women. Jorhat Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Saturday said the regional party would sort its differences with BJP on the citizenship issue and ensure constitutional safeguards for the indigenous people of Assam. - Atal, Manmohan better PMs than Modi: Gogoi
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has rated former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh higher as national leaders than Narendra Modi. Six-time Congress MLA and Tarun Gogoi's close aide Gautam Roy may face a tough challenge from BJP's Rajkumar Das, a popular young leader, in Katlicherra in Hailakandi district. Former deputy speaker of the Assam assembly and one of the senior women leaders Pranati Phukan is seeking a straight fifth win from the Naharkatia assembly seat in Dibrugarh district. The early arrival of rain in the state is a boon for the farming community, gearing up to celebrate its biggest festival Rongali Bihu in the middle of this month. - Anjan confident of Congress victory, again
Winding up the campaign for the first phase, state Congress president Anjan Dutta on Saturday said Congress will form the next government for the fourth time by winning 70-71 seats. The Modi government's plan to grant citizenship to refugees belonging to Hindu and other minority communities who came to India from Bangladesh due to religious persecution has a lot to do with its The picturesque hill districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao seem to have lost their love for Red. The emergence of BJP in Assam has left intellectuals a divided house. In the age of fast-paced political campaigns, Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar of CPM is travelling by train on Saturday night to address election campaigns in lower Assam. After Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, crisis in Manipur unit of Congress is looming large with 25 dissident MLAs not budging an inch from their long-standing demand of effecting a major reshuffle From an IIM graduate to an 'illiterate', candidates with different (or little) educational qualifications are in the fray for the first phase of polls. Sankardeva scholar & translator Dayananda Pathak talks to TOI’s Gaurav Das about polls, politics & the need for educated voters. Pratima Gaur (65) shuttles between her house inside Choraipani Tea Estate in Assam's Titabor constituency and the small stream that runs through the garden, carrying pots of water for drinking and - Didi deflects flyover flak, but will it help?
On Sovaram Basak Street, an elderly citizen said: "This is another instance of corruption after Narada. Find out who supplied such substandard material to the builder" -his reference was to a supply
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