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For the last 15 months, Mousumi Stafford has been fighting for justice for her brother. Now, sheâs keenly following the political developments ahead of the Assembly election in Assam, scheduled for between March 27 and April 6. For Mousumi, this election will prove to be decisive.
On December 12, 2019, Sam Stafford, 17, died in police firing during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Guwahati. The law, passed in the parliament the day before, gives citizenship to undocumented, non-Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Assam erupted in violent protests as many saw the law as a violation of the 1985 Assam Accord, which committed the central government to removing all âillegal immigrantsâ who entered the state after March 24, 1971.
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The BJP has been deepening its presence in Assam, making the regional parties more and more dependent on it
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The BJP has been deepening its presence in Assam, making the regional parties more and more dependent on it
The BJP’s ability to forge alliances with prominent regional parties during Assembly and Lok Sabha elections enables it to win votes from wide segments of society with the exception of the bulk of Muslim votes. In Assam, for the coming election, the BJP gave up its alliance with the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) and chose to ally with the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) apart from the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). Key leaders including the only sitting MLA from the Ganashakti Party joined the BJP.
Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) activists participate in a bike rally in Dibrugarh district, ahead of Assembly polls. (PTI photo)
GUWAHATI: The influential students’ body, All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu), will issue directives to its members at the state executive meeting on March 21, to indirectly campaign in favour of the two new regional parties, the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and Raijor Dal, for the upcoming assembly election in the state.
Aasu, which claims to be an ‘apolitical’ organization, for the first time took a ‘political stand’ by backing the formation of AJP last year to oust the BJP-AGP combine from power. The mass movement against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which started in December 2019, gave rise to a call for a new political party. Aasu and another allied organization, the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), played a proactive role in the formation of AJP. Later, AJP joined hands with Raijor Dal, supported by the leading