As Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in for a second consecutive term as Assam’s Chief Minister on Tuesday, the sheer scale of the BJP-led NDA’s landslide victory has triggered an unprecedented constitutional crisis. While the ruling alliance celebrated a commanding return to power with 102 seats in the 126-member Assembly, the dismal performance of the […]
Frank Krishner looks at the Assam Assembly Elections in this series. Tamulpur, in the Bodoland Territorial Council area, is heading into a tense election with an unsettled mood. Every vote here carries the heavy weight of past sacrifices, violence, and decades of Bodo struggle. In the 2026 Assam Assembly polls, the 43-Tamulpur (ST) seat is […]
Frank Krishner looks at the Assam Assembly Elections in this series. In the tea garden areas, it would appear that so-called ‘Friendly fights’ between the INDIA alliance partners will sour the pitch for the Congress, with the Trinamool Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha being the spoilers. It looks like advantage BJP, say political observers. […]
Frank Krishner looks at the Assam Assembly Elections in this series. The fierce personal attacks on 27-year-old Kunki Chowdhury, the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate from the newly carved Guwahati Central constituency, reveal how nervous the BJP is about losing the seat. AJP has aligned with the Indian national Congress. Local buzz suggests that on […]
