Himanta Biswa Sarma has won from Jalukbari for four consecutive terms
GUWAHATI: Jalukbari voters have one petition to all candidates who have come to them seeking votes: Addressing the issues of Sualkuchi’s handloom sector, where over 20,000 weavers have been affected due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
Sualkuchi, about 35km from Guwahati, often known as the Manchester of the East, is a single commercial hub of handloom silk production. Almost 20,000 people of the entire Sualkuchi village are engaged in age-old traditional Pat Muga production.
However, the industry has been struggling lately. High prices of silk yarn, along with decreasing number of skilled weavers, has pushed the industry to the brink.
DAUTING TASK: Congress’s Romen Chandra Borthakur
GUWAHATI: Romen Chandra Borthakur isn’t a new name in the political circles in Assam. He started as the Dibrugarh district general secretary of All Assam Students’ Union, and later served as a leader of Asom Gana Parishad until 2001.
But this time, he is in focus because he is the Congress candidate against BJP’s most high-profile candidate literally its face in the northeast Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Sarma, who has won from Jalukbari four times, is eyeing a fifth consecutive win. The BJP heavyweight has conducted a high-voltage campaign across the state this time, leaving his wife to fill in for him in his home turf.
GUWAHATI: Romen Chandra Borthakur isn’t a new name in the political circles in Assam. He started as the Dibrugarh district general secretary of All Assam Students’ Union, and later served as a leader of Asom Gana Parishad until 2001. But this time, he is in focus because he is the Congress candidate against BJP’s most high-profile candidate literally its face in the northeast Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Sarma, who has won from Jalukbari four times, is eyeing a fifth consecutive win. The BJP heavyweight has conducted a high-voltage campaign across the state this time, leaving his wife to fill in for him in his home turf. But a 48-hour ban (toned down to 24 hours on Saturday) imposed on him by the Election Commission on Friday put a stop to any plan of going to his constituency.