Assam, the northeastern state famous for its teas and infamous for the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in 2019, goes to the polls now. What hold for Assam, will be again be ruled by the Congress or will the BJP further solidify its hold there. Hi, this is Ahmed Shariff and welcome to the Lead by DH Radio.
Quick look:
Assam has 126 constituencies among them 102 general, 8 SC and 16 ST. 2016 election saw 84.49% voting percentage with the 1,064 candidates in the fray and the BJP led alliance forming the government with Sarbanand Sonowal swearing-in as the chief minister. The state is defined by the politics of identity whose quintessential example was the anti-foreigners agitation in the 80s.
Ahmed: Today, we are joined by our correspondent from Guwahati Sumir Karmakar to tell about the state and what's happening this year. Hi, Sumir. Welcome to DH Radio.
Sumir Karmakar: Hi.
Ahmed: Let go to the first segment of the programme.
Parties:
Ahmed: How are the alliances stacked up in Assam?
Sumir: This time election in Assam is not a fight of all the parties. It's not a straight fight between the parties. This time, the election is going to be among three alliances...
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