The results of the by-elections to five assembly seats in Assam, held on Wednesday, will be a test for three political leaders active in the northeastern state. The Congress’ Gaurav Gogoi and Rakibul Hussain and Asom Gana Parishad’s Phani Bhushan Choudhury were not among the 34 candidates who fought in the polls but when the counting’s over on November 23, …
Guwahati: The issue of 'dynastic politics' has taken the centre-stage in Assam by-elections with both the ruling alliance and the main opposition party fielding candidates from political families, and the parties engaging in a sparring match targeting each other over it. If it is Barpeta MP Phani Bhusan Choudhury's wife Diptimayee contesting as ruling alliance candidate on an Asom Gana …
