Are they able to take the advantage in pursuing the election politics?The question is fitted adequately with the Oppositons in Assam.The question arises only because of that the Oppositions's incapability to shout against the ruling party even after the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti disclosed various scames of the state governemnt.But the Oppostions seemingly could not prepare these as issues for the ensuing election convincingly pushing the ruling party to stage drama.It is said often that the major Oppostion parties lack leader and thereby they are still not able to take forward step, in actual sense of the term, to the up-coming assembly election.This can be applied not only to Asom Gana Parishad but also to BJP.Why such weakness pervades the Oppostions is quite obvious if anybody likes to think for a while.AGP has been in deep crisis since its last ruling period.Allegations of corruption have already been tarnished the image of the leaders of the party.That is why they are afraid of nearing the people with a voice against the ruling party's corruption.Mentionable that AGP could not score well in the last Lok Sabha election as the party has lost two seats which were in hand in the previous election.Be it Prafulla Mahanta or Chandra Mohan Patowary,the similar situation can be applied.Similarly,other top leaders of the party are not completely free from such blames.As such it creates major hurdles for the party in advancing towards the election.However,in BJP,the case is quite different.The state BJP leaders lack essential leadership qualities .Reflection of this was seen in the time of the last Rajya Sabha election when some of its MLAs supported the ruling party's candidate.But no action has been taken against the unruly MLAs though expectation still remains high. Why the top brass of the party remains indifferent towards the matter is a big question .Eventually it takes a shape of weakness for the party. Though corrective measures for the major Oppistions are need of the time but it seems that they are in no mood to do so.They cry but no fruitful result.They are not able to attract attention of the common people unlike Akhil Gogoi,General Secretary of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti.On the other hand,other non-congress parties could not dream of the formation government due to rampant organisational weakness.As for instance AIUDF could not dream of it because it has no base in almost hundred constituancies of the state.It may only dream of formating the governmnat with Other party.But who would be ally for it? Congress Or AGP.Even today AIUDF could not decide it.Mentioanble that AIUDF is afraid of AGP for the fear of clandestine understanding with the BJP.This can also be applicable to the leftist thgough they announced to make understanding with the non-congress parties.As such,people of Assam could not forsee a united opposition on the eve of the assembly election.It needs mention here that the Oppositions get such large opportunities which had not in their hands in the last some elections though they fail to utilise these.In this way the Oppostions hearlds a path to congress to seizing ruling power.
19 Jul 2012 - 4:50pm | editor
Ananda Prakash Tiwary took over as senior superintendent of police replacing Apurba Jiban Baruah who was shunted following the police failure in the recent molestation case.The new senior police...
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Janmastami is being celebrated with much traditional religious fervor across the state to mark the birth day of the Lord Krishna on Monday. Well decorated temples and namghars are teeming with...
21 Mar 2016 - 2:44pm | AT News
A video compact disk tiled Tomake Napale Jaan Oi comprising new Assamese songs by popular singer Debojit Saha was released on Sunday at Guwahati Press Club. Legendary singer Sudakshina Sarma,...
20 May 2010 - 2:44am | sankal
It's a godwill gesture to the kidney patients of the state that from now onwards the Assam Government will be bearing a cost of Rs. One Lacs for kidney transplantation.
Declaring this at a...
In a remarkable display of unity and a fervent call for tranquility, two distinguished scholars hailing from the Meitei and Kuki communities of Manipur, Dr. Yengkhom Jilangamba and Dr. Thangzakhup Tombing, convened on a shared platform in Guwahati to advocate for peace in the strife-torn state. Manipur has been gripped by a period of tumultuous unrest that has persisted for the past four months. This compelling appeal for peace emerged during a public gathering organsied by the Axom Nagarik Samaj in Guwahati, underscoring the urgent need for reconciliation and resolution in the region.
The gathering witnessed Dr. Yengkhom Jilangamba, an assistant professor at the prestigious Tata...
Dr. Dipshikha Bhagawati's new book "Literature and Film: From Mute to Motion" was launched at a ceremony held at the Rudra Barua Auditorium in Guwahati. The book was introduced by scriptwriter Akash Aditya Lama at the ongoing Chalachitram National Film Festival, which also featured the presence of notable film critic Utpal Datta and other film enthusiasts.
Dr. Bhagawati holds a Master's degree in English literature from the North-east Hill University (NEHU) and has completed a PhD on TS Eliot, a renowned 20th century English poet. In addition to being an English teacher at an Assam government higher secondary school, she is a prolific writer on literary and film topics for various...
The BJP, which formed the government in Tripura for the first time in history three years back, has now faced a humiliating defeat in an election to a Tribal Council of the state in the hands of a newly-floated regional party. What is more alarming for the saffron party is that the victorious party has been formed opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 by Prodyut Manikya Debbarma, a former Tripura Royal family’s member. He has been vehemently protesting against the CAA/CAB ever since the controversial legislation brought by the NDA regime. Supporting Debbarma, tribal populace in Tripura vehemently protested against the CAA in 2019-20. The win of the Debbarma-led TIPRA Motha in the...
Young , hard working and gun trotting cop Bhaskar Jyoti Nath is known more as writer than a cop . Especially, in the aftermath of the publication of his debut book of literary criticism Path aru Bikshyan, he has received critical attention from prominent literary luminaries of the state . As a cop he fights the dreaded militants in far flung forested himalayan foothills at Indo Bhutan border located fifty kilometre away from the district headquarters of Kokrajhar with his assault group of black cat Assam police commandos . When he gets time he pens critically acclaimed essays of literary criticism , translates the finest gem of world literature into Assamese. One would see him...
The newly floated regional party, the Raijor Dal has sent a proposal to another new regional party in Assam, the AJP, calling upon the latter to form a pre-poll alliance with it in order to oust the BJP from power. The party has even sought a merger of the both parties. Revealing these in a press conference, on Sunday the Working President of the Raijor Dal, Bhasko de Saikia said that for the sake of the greater interest of the Assamese nationalism and to oust the BJP -led alliance form power pre-alliance between the two parties has become the need of the hour. “ We want to form alliance with the Raijor Dal. Already, we have sent a written proposal to the leadership of the Raijor Dal. The...
Bajali in the lower Assam has become the 34th district of the state, after governor Jagdish Mukhi issued a notification in the regard. In the notification governor has stated the newly formed district would include all the areas of the former Bajali Sub-division of Barpeta district. The headquarters of the new district would be Madan Rauta Nagar in Pathsala, the notification says. The Government has upgraded the civil Sub-division into a district in order to expedite government developmental and administrative works.
In a setback to the people who oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 one more leader of the movement has joined the ruling BJP. Arunjyoti Moran, the outgoing president of the All Assam Moran Students' Union, on Wednessday formally joined the ruling party.
Along with him, some Congress workers also joined the BJP in a meeting organised at its office. State BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass welcomed the new comers to the party.
Das claimed that the opposition parties are spreading misinformation about the ruling party and people could understand it on and on.
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has rejected the bail petition of Akhil Gogoi much to the major disappointment of the Raijor Dal which is holding its state convention in Moran on Thursday.
A division bench of the court comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Churana and Justice Ajit Barthakur rejected the petition in the morning.
Gogoi, the peasant leader (KMSS), the parent body of the Raijor Dal won’t be able to come out of the bail where he was remanded last year during the anti CAA stir.
In Assam, usually flood and erosion displace human populace. But what is happening with the people of Mikir Bamuni, a nodenscript area near the green Karbi hills is different. The tribal and adivasi people inhabited area falls under the Nagaon district. The people in the area largely depend on agriculture. In this way, they pass their days happily. But this time they are facing eviction from their own land. Fear is growing that the eviction will render them homeless and displaced.
It has been alleged that the district administration has been forcefully requisitioning the paddy fields of the people since last year's summer, destroying crops for a Delhi based green energy producer...
In the process of lifting the country’s economic state to a new high, i.e. making it a five-trillion-dollar economy in the next five years, the Narendra Modi government is now struggling to overcome many challenges occurred in the economic front itself. The current economic downturn, created by the on-going global trade war and dwindling of the domestic demand, compelled the government to roll back some proposals made in the 2019-20 general budget presented in Parliament on July 5 this year by FM Nirmala Sitharaman. Some economists, apart from the government financial and economic policy makers, had termed and hailed the budget as historic as it had increased rate of the corporate tax...
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