u/opinion_discarder

https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/explainer-the-politics-behind-assam-govts-decision-to-merge-districts-just-before-delimitation

Full interview : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=\_I0osJI9WV8

Gogoi, the Lok Sabha MP from Jorhat and the face of Congress in this election, sat down with Sreenivasan Jain for a wide-ranging, combative conversation that covers it all. Gogoi insists, albeit unconvincingly, that the departures of leaders like Pradyut Bordoloi are not weakening the Congress.

On why Congress chose courtrooms over street protests when Assam’s Muslims faced bulldozers, he says, “In many, in most of these cases, we sought legal aid”. However, he struggles to answer why he didn’t personally stand side by side with the embattled Muslims of Assam.

beef 💪🐄 💪🏾

According to the final delimitation order, the number of assembly constituencies in Muslim-majority districts has decreased while those in areas inhabited by communities considered indigenous to Assam has increased.

For instance, seats in the areas within the jurisdiction of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Region have been increased from four to five, and in the Bodoland Territorial Region from 12 to 15.

These two regions are governed by the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution that provides certain safeguards to tribal communities in the North East.

There is also an increase of one seat each in three Upper Assam districts, where ethnic Assamese communities are in large numbers.

There has been a reduction of seats in Bengali-dominated Barak Valley from 15 to 13- one each from the Muslim-majority districts of Karimganj and Hailakandi.

Three assembly constituencies, which usually elected Muslim legislators, have been reserved for candidates from Scheduled Castes and Tribes. This effectively prevents minority leaders from contesting.

Overall, delimitation increased the assembly seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes from eight to nine, and for the Scheduled Tribes from 16 to 19.

Source :

https://scroll.in/article/1055228/why-redrawn-electoral-boundaries-in-assam-has-confirmed-muslim-legislators-worst-fears

https://www.thehindu.com/elections/assam-assembly/miyas-will-be-game-changers-in-assam-election-says-aimim-president-asaduddin-owaisi/article70815783.ece

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who has been campaigning for the AIUDF ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, attacked the BJP and Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma as he hit the campaign trail in Central and Lower Assam.

Owaisi raised the slogan "Miya Zindabad," declaring that "as long as the Miya community exists, the world will exist."

He urged the community to root out the BJP by casting their votes for the AIUDF in the April 9 assembly elections.

Attack on BJP & Congress: Owaisi labeled both parties as "two sides of the same coin," claiming neither has the interests of the minority community at heart.

Source : indiatodayne

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWsy8qagMnQ/