Former Chief Minister of Assam and founder president of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on April 18th, 2019 skipped from casting his vote in the ongoing second phase of Lok Sabha elections. Jayashree Mahanta, wife of Prafulla, too didn’t exercise her franchise. The polling is underway in Silchar,
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At least 70,000 declared illegal migrants in Assam have vanished before they could be deported back. The Assam government, in its affidavit to the Supreme Court, has admitted that 70,000 individuals who were declared foreigners by the tribunal are untraceable now. “They have mixed with the local population,” Solicitor General
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on February 13 without taking up the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) on the penultimate day of the Upper House of the Parliament. The house was adjourned sine die after it returned the vote-on-account, Finance Bill and Appropriation Bill to the Lok Sabha
Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) Adviser Akhil Gogoi Friday announced that he will hold a 24-hour hunger strike on the coming Magh Bihu festival, of which community feast is an integral part, to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill. “I will not celebrate Magh Bihu this time and will not eat anything on ‘Uruka’. I will observe a 24-hour hunger strike