In a recent protest by Awami League in Dhaka, Bangladesh the posters show two friends Lijesh Poddar and Edwin Sutradhar representing the bond between two religions
Assam 2021 Polls: A Guide to the Most Critical Races
Results will be declared on May 2.
Politics30/Apr/2021
New Delhi: In the 2016 assembly elections, the BJP was in a pre-poll alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodo Peopleâs Front (BPF). Together, the three parties won 86 of the 126 assembly seats of the state. While the AGP contested 24 seats and won 14, the BPF contested 16 seats and won 12 of them.
The Congress which had ruled the state for three consecutive terms under the chief ministership of Tarun Gogoi, contested 122 seats in the 2016 assembly polls but could win only 26 of them. It lost 53 seats in that election and was forced to form the opposition. In May 2016, a BJP-led government was formed with Sarbananda Sonowal as its chief minister.
2 Assam Regional Parties Formed By Anti-CAA Groups Form Pre-Poll Alliance 2 Assam Regional Parties Formed By Anti-CAA Groups Form Pre-Poll Alliance With the announcement of the alliance between AJP and Raijor Dal, the Assam assembly elections are all set to be a three-front war.
Lurin Jyoti Gogoi on Thursday met Akhil Gogoi at Guwahati Medical College (File photo)
Guwahati:
Assam Jatiya Parishad, led by former leaders of All Assam Students Union or AASU that spearheaded anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Assam and Raijor Dal, formed by the supporters of anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi - who is in prison for over a year on sedition charge - have decided to contest the assembly polls together.