: Assam elections: A battle of alliances #IndiaNEWSAll #East Like the dynamic riverine landscape of Assam that changes every monsoon, Assam ahead of her state assembly election presents a different

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Assam elections: A battle of alliances #IndiaNEWSAll #East
Like the dynamic riverine landscape of Assam that changes every monsoon, Assam ahead of her state assembly election presents a different scenario every day. As the first rounds of nominations were filed on March 10, three distinct political camps have emerged with friendly contests across the political spectrum in 126 constituencies. The elections will take place over three phases starting from March 27 till April 6.
The people of the state went through a turbulent time recently with the Assam Government under the monitoring of the Supreme Court of India conducted the National Register of Citizenship exercise over a year preparing a list of 1. 9 million people, deeming them as non-citizens. This was followed by a widespread anti-Citizenship Amendment Act movement across the state which led to the deaths of at least five young protesters and arrests of peasant leaders like Akhil Gogoi by the National Investigative Agency (NIA).
The anti-CAA movement left its mark on the political landscape of the state. In the backdrop of a lockdown hurriedly imposed over the country, two political outfits, Raijor Dal and Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) emerged hoping to channelize the anger of anti-CAA agitation to overthrow BJP-AGP combine. Raijor Dal emerged from 70-odd organizations working with marginalized communities who had led peasant and land rights movements across the state. On the other hand, Lurin Jyoti Gogoi, the former secretary of Assam’s most important student organization, All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) with the help of former Asom Gana Parishad leaders who quit the party in the wake of the anti-CAA agitation.
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Akhil Gogoi
Akhil Gogoi, leading Raijor Dal from Guwahati Central Jail filed his nomination from the Sivasagar seat in Upper Assam. Akhil’s cadres went around the state collecting donations to field the candidates across the state, even as the party could not get registered before the poll nominations started. Raijor Dal candidates will be contesting independently. Compared to Raijor Dal, AJP started putting up large advertisements way ahead of elections across Assam.
Two new formations, however, did not come together with Congress (I) led Anchalik Gana Morcha (Regional Democratic Front) coalition despite several appeals from various sections of Assamese civil society to have one united opposition to challenge BJP after bringing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. Raijor Dal and AJP stayed away from the Congress-led alliance as one of the constituents would be All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) led by Badruddin Ajmal, a powerful businessman and the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Dhubri.

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