Guwahati: Ulfa-I leader Paresh Baruah's home constituency Chabua in upper Assam saw the highest turnout among all 65 constituencies that voted in the first phase of polls on Monday.
Registering 85.19% polling, the turnout here is above the state average of 78.06%. Chabua is also the Air Force's youngest Sukhoi base. Spread over Dibrugarh district, it is also home to Ulfa general secretary Anup Chetia who was recently deported from Bangladesh to take part in the ongoing peace talks with the Centre. Chetia and the other members of the outfit are not taking part in the election because Ulfa's constitution does not recognize the Indian Constitution.
Baruah, who is believed to be holed up in Myanmar, continues to fight for Assam's 'sovereignty'.
Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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