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The Relevance of Ranjan Gogoiâs Assam-Centric Statements on NRC, CAA
Gogoi s statements on the NRC and CAA are likely aimed at boosting his relevance in Assam, and also to help put past controversies behind him during his second lease of public life.
Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi s nomination for Rajya Sabha received sharp criticism from several former judges. Photo: PTI
Politics14/Feb/2021
Guwahati: Early this week, former chief justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, who is now a Rajya Sabha MP, let off a barrage of salvos at a media event in Delhi. Among the points that made headlines were his cautious response to the fiery remarks made by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on him (without naming him) on the floor of the parliament, and what Gogoi thinks of the state of judiciary today.
Assam Elections 2021: AJP urged by Raijor Dal to take alliance forward
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Published: Monday, January 18, 2021, 10:05 [IST]
Guwahati, Jan 18: Assam s newly floated political party Raijor Dal on Sunday urged another regional outfit Asom Jatiyo Parishad (AJP) to take forward discussions on forming a pre-poll alliance.
Elections to the 126-member Assam assembly are due in March-April.
Working presidents of the outfit, helmed by jailed RTI activist Akhil Gogoi, wrote a letter to AJP chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi, requesting him to decide on a date to hold discussions on forming the alliance. The alliance must be given priority as the prevailing situation and anti-people policies of the BJP demands it, the letter read.
2020 was a year of raging pandemic, gas spill, floods, massive protests for Assam
The Assam government adopted the policy of Ruthless Quarantine with A Human Heart as nearly 30 lakh people underwent both institutional and home isolation.
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Villagers on a banana raft move to a safer place from the flooded area of Goalbil in Baksa district of Assam. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
GUWAHATI: Assam had little luck escaping the ravages of COVID-19 in a year filled with myriad developments for the northeastern state from aggressive protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and birth of new political parties to a major industrial disaster.
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2020: A Year Of Raging Pandemic, Gas Spill, Floods, Massive Protests For Assam
Assam had little luck escaping the ravages of COVID-19 in a year filled with myriad developments for the northeastern state from aggressive protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and birth of new political parties to a major industrial disaster.
Assam had little luck escaping the ravages of COVID-19 in a year filled with myriad developments for the northeastern state from aggressive protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and birth of new political parties to a major industrial disaster.
Assam s tryst with the killer virus happened on March 31, when a returnee from outside the state tested positive for COVID-19 in Silchar, and since then over 1,040 people have died from the contagion and more than 2,16,000 afflicted.