Northeast Notes: BJP’s Pre-Election Gift To Tripura Govt Employees, Assam Delimitation And More
1 year, 11 months ago

Northeast Notes: BJP’s Pre-Election Gift To Tripura Govt Employees, Assam Delimitation And More

ABP News  

This Tuesday, the Manik Saha-led BJP government in Tripura announced a 12% hike in dearness allowance and dearness relief for government employees and pensioners with effect from December 1. Though the NRC final list was released in August 2019, the ruling BJP, opposition Congress and other influential social organisations like the All Assam Students’ Union were unhappy with the final list. The BJP government even approached the Supreme Court seeking re-verification, and as a result, the Registrar General of India hasn’t yet notified the final NRC list. Another BJP MLA Quits In Tripura Disgruntled BJP MLA Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, elected from the Karamchhara assembly constituency, resigned from the assembly and went back to his old party, the Congress.

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Assam BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal likely to assume cabinet berth in Modi 3.0
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal likely to assume cabinet berth in Modi 3.0

Hindustan Times  

Guwahati: Union minister and former Assam chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, won the Dibrugarh seat for the second time, beating Lurinjyoti Gogoi of the Assam Jatiya Parishad, INDIA bloc, by a margin of 2,79,321 votes. Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal Sonowal, who was minister for ports, shipping, and waterways as well as the ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha, sowa-rigpa and homoeopathy in the …

Election results 2024: Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal wins Dibrugarh seat by 2,79,321 vote margin
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election results 2024: Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal wins Dibrugarh seat by 2,79,321 vote margin

Hindustan Times  

Union minister and former Assam Chief Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal has won the Dibrugarh seat in Assam for the second time, beating Lurinjyoti Gogoi by a margin of 2,79,321 votes, according to the Election Commission of India. India News In 2004, the 61-year-old politician had contested the Lok Sabha polls on Asom Gana Parisad ticket and defeated Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kamakhaya …

BJP forgot about delimitation in Assam, shared list with old seats
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP forgot about delimitation in Assam, shared list with old seats

India Today  

A day after announcing the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BJP on Sunday released a revised list of candidates for the state of Assam after making some corrections. In the first list, where BJP announced to contest 11 of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, the party got some of the names wrong. …

Decoding the BJP’s sweep in Tripura
1 year, 3 months ago

Decoding the BJP’s sweep in Tripura

The Hindu  

Tafajjal Hossain of Tripura achieved on September 8 what Aminul Haque Laskar of Assam did in 2016 — he became the only Muslim MLA of the Bharatiya Janata Party in a north-eastern State. In keeping with the “tradition” of a party or alliance ruling at the Centre winning State polls or bypolls in a region largely dependent on central funds, …

Assam Delimitation: ECI Begins Public Hearings in Guwahati; Receives Over 270 Representations on Day 1
1 year, 5 months ago

Assam Delimitation: ECI Begins Public Hearings in Guwahati; Receives Over 270 Representations on Day 1

News 18  

The Election Commission of India on Wednesday began public hearings in Guwahati on its delimitation proposal for Assam, and the team will be in the state till Friday to meet representatives from political parties, civil society organisations among others. Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar as well as election commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel are hearing representatives from political …

11 Assam Political Parties Write to EC Against Delimitation Exercise
1 year, 5 months ago

11 Assam Political Parties Write to EC Against Delimitation Exercise

Deccan Chronicle  

GUWAHATI: Eleven Opposition parties of Assam, including the Congress, have submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India against the delimitation exercise, suggesting the need of a wider consultations. Bogged down by remarks of BJP leaders about the delimitation exercise that domination of the indigenous people of Assam remains in the state for the coming decades, the political parties …

Police in Assam detain people staging protests against delimitation proposals
1 year, 5 months ago

Police in Assam detain people staging protests against delimitation proposals

The Hindu  

Assam Police on June 27 detained protestors in Karimganj who were staging a demonstration against the proposed delimitation draft by the Election Commission of India.Several organisations and political parties have called for a 12-hour bandh in Barak Valley, Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of the State as a protest against the proposed delimitation draft by the ECI. The Election Commission …

New Assembly, Parl Seats for Assam: What Major Changes will Delimitation Proposal Bring
1 year, 6 months ago

New Assembly, Parl Seats for Assam: What Major Changes will Delimitation Proposal Bring

News 18  

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday issued a draft proposal for delimitation of the assembly and Lok Sabha seats in Assam with the total number of constituencies retained at 126 and 14 respectively. Articles 170 and 82 laid down that the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of each state and the allocation of seats in the House …

Delimitation dynamics: Assam electoral landscape shifts as BJP's poll bugle puts Opposition parties in a fix
1 year, 6 months ago

Delimitation dynamics: Assam electoral landscape shifts as BJP's poll bugle puts Opposition parties in a fix

Firstpost  

Challenges faced by opposition parties in Assam regarding the delimitation exercise in the state can be comprehended by analysing their dilemma between prioritising their vote bank or considering the overall welfare of voters. On 7 May of this year, a collective memorandum was submitted by 11 opposition parties in Assam to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state, expressing their …

Decoding the Assembly poll results of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya | In Focus podcast
1 year, 9 months ago

Decoding the Assembly poll results of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

2023 is a busy year for state elections, with a total of nine state elections scheduled to take place. The BJP was voted back in Tripura, although with a reduced vote share, while in Nagaland, the alliance of the National Democratic Progressive Party and the BJP are back in power. In Meghalaya, interestingly, in its election campaign, the BJP had …

Northeast Government Formation Updates: NPP Chief Stakes Claim to Form Govt in Meghalaya; Ally BJP Says 34 MLAs Backing Him
1 year, 9 months ago

Northeast Government Formation Updates: NPP Chief Stakes Claim to Form Govt in Meghalaya; Ally BJP Says 34 MLAs Backing Him

News 18  

National People’s Party president Conrad K Sangma on Friday called on Meghalaya Governor Phagu Chauhan and staked claim to form the government in the northeastern state. Meanwhile, NPP chief and Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma on Friday met Meghalaya Governor Phagu Chauhan and staked claim to form the government in the northeastern state. Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma on Friday told …

Northeast Polls and BJP: Five key takeaways
1 year, 9 months ago

Northeast Polls and BJP: Five key takeaways

Firstpost  

In Nagaland, where BJP was a junior partner in the previous government, the party has replicated its previous seats tally and increased its own vote-share to 18.9% in a clear majority for the NDPP-BJP alliance The day after campaigning ended for the Nagaland and Meghalaya elections last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tellingly presented a Meghalaya stole and a Nagaland …

BJP 'Act East' Formula Pays Off Nagaland, Tripura Hung Assembly In Meghalaya Assembly Elections 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP 'Act East' Formula Pays Off Nagaland, Tripura Hung Assembly In Meghalaya Assembly Elections 2023

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Act East' policy seems to have paid off in the Northeast assembly elections. While in Tripura, the BJP got an absolute majority, securing 32 seats, the party along with its ally NDPP retained power in Nagaland with 37 seats between them. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha celebrates BJP's win in the assembly elections at the party …

Tripura Assembly Election 2023: BJP triumph deepens saffron party roots in India's North East
1 year, 9 months ago

Tripura Assembly Election 2023: BJP triumph deepens saffron party roots in India's North East

Firstpost  

After Assam, the BJP secured another consecutive victory in Tripura, another significant northeastern state. Three, the electoral debut of the local tribal party, Tipra Motha, led by Maharaja Pradyot Manikya Deb Barma, in the state Assembly Election reveals a subtext to the electoral narrative. While BJP is the new dominant party in the state, at societal level, the ethnic polarisation …

BJP leads in Tripura, Nagaland; Meghalaya looks at hung parliament
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP leads in Tripura, Nagaland; Meghalaya looks at hung parliament

Live Mint  

The voting for the northeast elections that were conducted on 27 February are going on. Further in Nagaland, The ruling alliance of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party and Bharatiya Janata Party won eight seats in the 60-member Nagaland Assembly. The Bharatiya Janta Party - Indigenous People's Front of Tripura alliance won four Assembly seats, as per the latest counting trends …

BJP reaches halfway mark in Tripura and Nagaland, NPP ahead in Meghalaya
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP reaches halfway mark in Tripura and Nagaland, NPP ahead in Meghalaya

Deccan Chronicle  

Agartala: When the counting of votes progressing in three northeastern states where Assembly elections were held, BJP's lead has crossed half-way mark in Nagaland and Tripura while the ruling NPP is ahead in Meghalaya. As per trends available for 55 out of 60 seats, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party was ahead in 20 seats while its alliance partner the BJP …

BJP Congress Left Front Tripura Nagaland Meghalaya Poll Results
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP Congress Left Front Tripura Nagaland Meghalaya Poll Results

ABP News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party awaits with bated breath to see if the exit poll predictions for the Tripura, Nagaland, and Meghalaya elections were right or if the Opposition managed to ebb the saffron juggernaut in the Northeast as the counting of votes takes place tomorrow. Among the three states where the votes will be counted on Thursday, Tripura will be …

Stage set: all eyes on Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland for counting of votes on March 2, 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Stage set: all eyes on Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland for counting of votes on March 2, 2023

The Hindu  

The countdown to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is expected to begin with the outcome of the Assembly elections in three northeastern States — Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura — on Thursday. The counting will be held at 13 centres across Meghalaya, 59 across Nagaland, and 60 across Tripura, officials in these three States said. An average of 87.04% of some …

All set for vote counting in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura; BJP, Congress, NDPP, NPP in contest
1 year, 9 months ago

All set for vote counting in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura; BJP, Congress, NDPP, NPP in contest

India TV News  

Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura elections counting day: Counting of votes in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura assembly elections will take place today amid tight security arrangements. Tripura which voted on February 16 recorded an overall voter turnout of nearly 90 per cent while Meghalaya and Nagaland recorded 76 per cent and 84 per cent polling respectively. Ahead of the counting day, …

Tripura election: Key constituencies to watch out for in triangular fight
1 year, 10 months ago

Tripura election: Key constituencies to watch out for in triangular fight

Hindustan Times  

Assembly polls in Tripura on Thursday will witness some key contests with the Left parties and Congress joining hands to give a tough contest to BJP and Tipra Motha is Trinamool Congress has also put up candidates on several seats. In Karbook, CPI candidate Priyamani Debbarma is contesting against BJP's Ashim Tripura and Tipra Motha's Sanjay Manik. Party's top leaders …

DC Edit | BJP sets high stakes in Northeast states’ polls
1 year, 10 months ago

DC Edit | BJP sets high stakes in Northeast states’ polls

Deccan Chronicle  

The BJP putting high stakes in the elections to the forthcoming Assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland reflects the party’s meticulous and long-term plan for expanding its footprint in the states other than those in the Hindi heartland and the west and the party’s strategy to retain or enhance its numbers in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. It continued …

Assam CM to Accompany Tripura Counterpart Manik Saha for Filing Nomination in Assembly Polls
1 year, 10 months ago

Assam CM to Accompany Tripura Counterpart Manik Saha for Filing Nomination in Assembly Polls

News 18  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will accompany his Tripura counterpart Manik Saha and state BJP president Rajib Bhattacharjee on Monday for filing of their nomination papers for the Assembly elections. While Saha is set to file his nomination for Town Bardowali constituency again, the BJP state party president will submit his nomination for Banamalipur Assembly constituency, said a senior …

Challenge Against Assam Delimitation To Be Heard By Supreme Court In March
1 year, 11 months ago

Challenge Against Assam Delimitation To Be Heard By Supreme Court In March

Live Law  

The delimitation exercise that the government has reinitiated in the state of Assam is being conducted in the backdrop of political disturbance, with multiple districts being notified as disturbed and the consequent extension of the Armed Forces Act, 1958 to those districts, Senior Advocate Maneka Guruswamy told the Supreme Court on Friday while assailing the process of delimitation of the …

Explained | What is the new delimitation exercise by Assam?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | What is the new delimitation exercise by Assam?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Assam remerged four districts with the ones they were carved out of four days after the Election Commission of India notified the initiation of the delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in the State on December 27, 2022. Delimitation is the process of redrawing boundaries of Lok Sabha and State Assembly constituencies based on a recent …

Delimitation process should be just, fair
1 year, 11 months ago

Delimitation process should be just, fair

Hindustan Times  

In the most peaceful of provinces, redrawing electoral constituencies is a thorny process, given its links to representation, proportional weightage, and future electoral outcomes. Therefore, it should not surprise anyone that the announcement by the Election Commission of India on delimitation in Assam has stoked simmering anxieties around demographic changes and proportional represen-tation. In a state with a long and …

Assam CM Calls Delimitation 'Harsh' But Effective To Safeguard Demographic Changes
1 year, 11 months ago

Assam CM Calls Delimitation 'Harsh' But Effective To Safeguard Demographic Changes

News 18  

A day after the Assam government merged four districts with others and changed administrative jurisdiction of a few villages, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sunday called Delimitation “harsh,” but “effective to safeguard demographic changes.” “What the Assam agitation and the National Register of Citizens couldn’t do, delimitation can. It’s Harsh but it’s for safeguarding the Demographic Changes in Assembly and …

Criteria other than population should also be considered for future delimitation exercises: Assam CM
1 year, 11 months ago

Criteria other than population should also be considered for future delimitation exercises: Assam CM

India TV News  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday asserted that criteria other than population should also be considered for future delimitation exercises. "In the next delimitation exercise, therefore, I am sure the Parliament will debate whether areas, where people abided by population control policy, should be punished or rewarded," he said. Sarma said that in his opinion, the population should …

EC begins delimitation of constituencies in Assam
1 year, 11 months ago

EC begins delimitation of constituencies in Assam

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday said that it has initiated delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in Assam, and will be using the 2001 census figures for the readjustment of seats. The commission said a ban has been put in place effective January 1, 2023, on creation of new administrative units in the state till the exercise gets …

Election Commission begins delimitation exercise of assembly, parliamentary seats in Assam
1 year, 11 months ago

Election Commission begins delimitation exercise of assembly, parliamentary seats in Assam

India TV News  

Assam Delimitation: The Election Commission on Tuesday said it has initiated the delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Assam and will use the 2001 census figures for the readjustment of seats. "The Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel has directed the Chief Electoral Officer of Assam to take …

Election Commission begins delimitation in Assam with 2001 Census
1 year, 11 months ago

Election Commission begins delimitation in Assam with 2001 Census

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday said it has initiated the delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Assam and will use the 2001 census figures for the readjustment of seats. "The Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel has directed the Chief Electoral Officer of Assam to take …

Assam assembly poll Phase 3 voting: 337 candidates, 40 constituencies, 79 lakh voters
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam assembly poll Phase 3 voting: 337 candidates, 40 constituencies, 79 lakh voters

India Today  

The third and final phase of Assam assembly polls for 40 constituencies will be held on April 6 in 12 Lower Assam districts including three districts under the Bodoland Territorial Region area. In the third phase of the poll, several prominent candidates are contesting including six ministers under the Sarbananda Sonowal-led state government Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Chandra …

Congress moves EC over advert disguised as news story claiming BJP victory in Assam
3 years, 8 months ago

Congress moves EC over advert disguised as news story claiming BJP victory in Assam

India Today  

Congress in Assam has filed a complaint with the Election Commission seeking action after a BJP “The provocation is a gross violation today in all the Assam papers, a front-page misleading @ECISVEEP Just look at these newspapers from assam there is a common AD from BJP in the top written as "BJP TO WIN ALL CONSTITUENCIES OF UPPER ASSAM" we …

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Will bring law against ‘love jihad’, ‘land jihad’: Amit Shah
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Will bring law against ‘love jihad’, ‘land jihad’: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP would bring in laws against ‘love jihad’ and ‘land jihad’. Addressing party rallies at Kamalpur and Jagiroad, Mr. Shah said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and All India United Democratic Front president Badruddin Ajmal were synonymous with ‘tourism’ and ‘infiltration’ respectively. We say Srimanta Sankaradeva, Madhabdeva and Lachit Borphukan are Assam’s …

Assam Assembly election 2021, Jorhat profile: BJP's Hitendra Nath Goswami defeated Congress' Rana Goswami in 2016
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly election 2021, Jorhat profile: BJP's Hitendra Nath Goswami defeated Congress' Rana Goswami in 2016

Firstpost  

The voter turnout in the Jorhat constituency in the 2016 election was 79.86 percent, while in the 2011 election, the polling percentage was 68.17 percent Jorhat Assembly Election 2021 | The Jorhat Assembly constituency is held by the Bharatiya Janata Party since the 2016 Assembly election. The Jorhat constituency is expected to go to the polls on 27 March as …

Assam Assembly election 2021, Rupohihat profile: Congress' Nurul Huda currently represents constituency
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly election 2021, Rupohihat profile: Congress' Nurul Huda currently represents constituency

Firstpost  

The Congress’ Huda won the seat with 47.50 percent of the vote share in 2016, while the runner-up was AIUDF’s Nuru Amin Chowdhury who won 33.21 percent of the vote share The Rupohihat Assembly constituency is currently held by Congress MLA Nurul Huda, who won 72,627 votes in the last election. The three-phased elections for the 126-member Assam Assembly will …

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Congress-led Mahajot party count now 10
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Congress-led Mahajot party count now 10

The Hindu  

The size of the Congress-led Mahajot family in poll-bound Assam has increased to 10. Two community-based parties — Jimochayan People’s Party, or JDPP, and Adivasi National Party — together claim to have influence in some 50 of the State’s 126 Assembly seats. Two others — former BJP ally the Bodoland People’s Front and the Rashtriya Janata Dal — joined later. …

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