Synopsis
Th BJP is making its presence felt in key pockets like the latest visit planned by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 6 to the tea estates of Assam.
Agencies
Guwahati: As Assam gears up for the assembly polls, the ruling BJP is harping on a three-pronged strategy to retain its Eastern bastion –– creating a distinction among the Muslim population by asking only those from Assam to vote for them while disowning Muslims from Bangladesh; leveraging the political dividends from PM Modi, Shah and Nirmala Sitharaman’s visits to the state; and insisting on redoing the
NRC lists, if large-scale anomalies are found in the re-verification exercise.