Both Congress and BJP are earing up to take on each other in the upcoming Lakhimpur by polls slated for November 19. BJP leaders in Delhi have been screening the ticket aspirants and the candidate would be finalised in a day or two. The ruling party finds it difficult to clear the name fearing an impending split within the party. “The name of Ranjit Das has been emerging as an ideal candidate for the party. But the Speaker of the current Assam Assembly I least interested. Altogether 10 candidates have been aspiring the ticket,” said top sources. “We have confidence that others aspirants would not revolt against the unanimous decision of the party, “said a senior BJP leader in New Delhi. BJP president is likely to finalise the candidate in his soon to be held meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Lok Sabha constituency fell vacant after Sarbananda Sonowal resigned for taking overas Assam Chief Minister in May.
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New Delhi : In yet another significant development in the field of politics, Assam's former Congress president and outgoing Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora quits the party and joined TMC on Sunday.
In his letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Bora alleged that he had no point of continue as Congress leader and former where a section of his party leaders has struck secret deal with BJP or Chief Minister.
Later in the afternoon, Bora joined TMC at a brief function in Kolkata where top TMC leaders were present. Bora is that ed second top lCobgress eader to have joined TMC after Sushmita Dev.
Guwahat: AAP has alleged a nefarious attempt by BJP in Guwahati to upset it's prospect for the upcoming GMC polls.
Talking to Assam Times, a senior leader of the party said that BJP/s youth wing has damaged a hoarding in Guwahati on Monday.
He said that this was followed by the removal of a few other AAP banners and hoardings in the Capital city by the administration.
Later in a statement, the newly emerging party said that BJP's the largest ever political party on the planet was rattling at the stepped up electioneering by a very small party which is in power only in two states.
AAP is contesting 40 wards out of 60 in the GMC polls slated for April 22.
Guwahati: The recent landslide victory in Punjab seems to be a morale booster for the Aam Admi Party in Guwahati in the run up to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation election slated for April 22.
Hundreds of people in the nook and corner of the capital city have been joining the party on every passing day. Party banners and posters are flooding the city streets apart from meetings at ward level.
"Yes. I joined the party after I had noticed the schemes of things in Delhi and Punjab," said Antara Das from the Ulubari area.
"We opposed Congress and voted BJP to power. But to no avail. What are the options,? Here's the AAP. It's the need of the hour," said Nirmal...
New Delhi: The Centre has withdrawn AFSPA 1958 from 24 districts in view of an improved law and order situation.
According to the notification, it would come into force from April 1,2022.
Apart from the hills districts, AFSPA will be in force in Sivasagar, Jorhat, Tinsukia.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked the Centre for the decision and hoped that the Act would be a thing of the past for the entire state in the near future.
New Delhi: Assam and Meghalaya claimed to have settled an interstate border dispute in 6 places at a meeting of Chief Ministers with the Union's home minister in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The agreement was formally signed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma after a meeting that evening.
Speaking to reporters waiting outside, the Chief Ministers claimed to have settled a decade-long issue in 6 areas and hoped for the same solution in 6 other remaining areas.
But both sides refused to divulge the details of the agreement, which is likely to trigger protests and anger among people living along the disputed border areas....
Guwahati: Congress leadership in the state is holding a series of brainstorming meetings in Guwahati to ensure smooth passage of opposition consensus candidate Ripun Bora in the Rajya Sabha polls slated for Wednesday.
AICC leader Jitendra Singh is monitoring the entire process amid a growing internal rift in the party where a few party legislators are unlikely to help Bora.
Raha MLA Sashikanta Das participated in BJP’s programme on the Rajya Sabha meeting in the capital city on Sunday, a few days after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited him.
However, a growing difference with AIUDF is making it difficult for Ripun Bora to win the polls after AIUDF openly castigated Samoguri...
Guwahati: Independent MLA from Sivasagar has strongly objected to the state assembly Speaker’s ruling on cross voting in the Rajya Sabha polls.
Gogoi said that it was not proper for the Speaker to say that nobody could be disqualified for cross voting in the Rajya Sabha polls.
He further alleged the partial role of Assembly Speaker Biswajeet Daimary, accusing him of disrupting the Opposition party MLAs.
Guwahati: Amid an uproar in the assembly on Monday over the alleged incidents of police ‘encounter’, independent MLA Akhil Gogoi demanded a judicial probe into each of the incidents. Participating in the brief but heated discussion on the alleged incident, the legislator from Sivasagar said that these incidents have gone up during the last couple of months. He further alleged the regime's use of open killing, unlike the secret killing during the AGP regime.
Dhemaji: Arunachal Police have picked up a renowned artist in northern Assam for his painting work opposing the controversial NHPC-owned mega dam in Gerukamukh.
Popularly known as Nilim Mahanta, the budding artist was picked up from his home by a group in Arunachal Pradesh.A wall has become a protest site in #Itanagar No more dam painted over hydro mural to celebrate 50th year of renaming #Arunachal .Protest and art go hand in hand. Not too late! pic.twitter.com/SByVOFq0d9— Tongam Rina (@tongamrina) March 27, 2022
Many parties, organizations and local residents have strongly condemned the arrest of the artist and demanded immediate and unconditional release. ...
Guwahati: A mounting pressure from the major political parties is likely to force the state election authority to revise the schedule for the upcoming GMC polls slated for April 19.
Major political parties have moved state election offices demanding a revised schedule of GMC polls covering 60 wards in the capital city. BJP was the first to have moved the authority, saying the schedule will hamper Bihu celebrations from April 14.
Then Congress staged Dharna in front of Rajiv Bhawn on Saturday, raising the same demand. Party leaders slammed the poll authority, alleging it was an insensitive decision. The main opposition party demanded that the schedule be...
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