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Taha Amin Mazumder
Assam Elections: Why BJP Won Despite Huge Anti-Incumbency Initially
07 May 2021
It was a mix of communal polarisation and late developmental initiatives vis-à-vis too many anti-BJP parties in the fray and candidate selection issues.
PTI
Akhil Gogoi First in Assam to Win Election from Jail
03 May 2021
The 46-year-old farm leader and anti-CAA activist defeated his BJP rival as an Independent candidate without hitting the campaign trail.
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What are Top BJP Leaders Even Saying in Kerala and Assam?
24 Mar 2021
In the upcoming elections in 140 assembly seats of Kerala and 126 seats of Assam, ever political party has put in their full force.
PTI
Akhil Gogoi Alleges Torture in Custody, Claims NIA Offered Bail if he Joins RSS, BJP
23 Mar 2021
In a letter released publicly, the Assam farmer leader also alleged that he was offered Rs 20 crore to start an NGO by leaving the peasant body Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti.
Taha Amin Mazumdar
Assam Elections: Row Over ST Status of 6 Tribes a Challenge for BJP in 1st Phase
22 Mar 2021
The areas that are going to vote in the first phase of elections comprise upper and North Assam, where at least five of the six tribes form a considerable proportion of population.
The Leaflet
Anti-CAA Protests Case: SC Denies Bail to Akhil Gogoi
11 Feb 2021
The young peasant activist from Assam, who has recently floated a political party, is facing charges under UAPA in connection with violence during protests in December 2019.
Ajaz Ashraf
Have BJP’s Fear of Protests and Poll Tactics Delayed CAA Implementation?
09 Feb 2021
Had the ruling party raked up the CAA in states due for Assembly polls, a broad coalition of citizens would have risen against it.
Taha Amin Mazumdar
Assam Elections: Emerging Regional Parties, Alliances Need to Bust BJP’s ‘Nationalism’ Narrative
30 Jan 2021
This is the second and last part of a two-part series on identitarian politics in Assam and its implications for the upcoming Assembly polls as new parties and fresh alliances enter the fray.
Newsclick Report
Assam Police Detain Artists for Akhil Gogoi Graffiti; Next Day Streets Flood with Similar Art
21 Nov 2020
The police had made the detained artists erase the graffiti on jailed peasant leader Akhil Gogoi from the public wall.
Kalpana Kannabiran
Juridical Viralities, Courts and the Question of Justice
17 Aug 2020
The starting point is the arrest and detention on July 10, of a gang-rape survivor and her counsellors in Araria in Bihar.