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Assam Minister's "Cauliflower" Post On NDA's Bihar Win Sparks Huge Row
Right in the middle of Friday afternoon, as counting of votes in Bihar pointed to a big NDA win, a minister in the Himanta Sarma cabinet celebrated it with a cauliflower post, a stark reminder of the 1989 Bhagalpur massacre.
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'Muslim Population Growing Due To Infiltration': Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday claimed that some political parties were treating infiltrators as a vote bank and questioned why infiltration does not take place along the Gujarat and Rajasthan borders.
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Won't Allow Muslims To Take Over State: Assam Chief Minister
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that he woul not let Bengali-speaking Muslims take over the state, underscoring that he is "not in the competition for minority votes".
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"Right Now, I Won't Seek Muslim Votes": Himanta Biswa Sarma Exclusive
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in an exclusive interview with NDTV said he does not indulge in "vote bank politics" and so, unlike the Congress, will not link politics with issues linked to the Muslim community.
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BJP Won't Get Seats In "Miya Muslim" Dominated Areas: Assam Minister
Ahead of the Assam Assembly polls later this year, state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the BJP would not get any seats in areas dominated by Miya Muslims as they do not vote for the party.
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Will Consult Everybody On Citizenship Bill, Assures Sarbananda Sonowal
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today hinted that the ruling BJP was willing to soften or tweak its stand on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill in order to make it acceptable to people from all sections of society. The remark came just two days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls' third phase on April 23, when voting will be held in four...
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On Assam's Muslim Vote, A Startling Claim From Congress's Tarun Gogoi
The crucial Muslim vote in Assam will not go to the Badaruddin Ajmal-led AlUDF but to the Congress, the state's three-time chief Minister Tarun Gogoi claimed.
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"Divide-And-Rule": Mamata Banerjee Slams Assam's Draft Citizens' List
The final draft of citizens in Assam, which leaves out over 40 lakh people, provoked political anger with opposition parties targeting the government in parliament today. Among them was the Trinamool Congress of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the ruling BJP of trying to identify and isolate people who don't vote for the party. "...
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Assam NRC Live Updates: Congress Asks Government To Convene All-Party Meeting
Assam will release the final draft of National Register of Citizens today that will decide the fate of more than one crore people living in the state.
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Up For Vote In Assam Elections, The 'Bangladesh Factor'
It's not the terrible road to his village, but being branded a Bangladeshi, that 22-year-old Akhirul Islam, a first-time voter in the Assam assembly elections, says is the biggest poll issue.
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The Muslim Factor In Assam's Election
Muslims constitute 34.2 per cent of Assam's population and they are in a majority in nine of the state's 34 districts. No party can ignore this vote bank.
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Assam Minister's "Cauliflower" Post On NDA's Bihar Win Sparks Huge Row
Right in the middle of Friday afternoon, as counting of votes in Bihar pointed to a big NDA win, a minister in the Himanta Sarma cabinet celebrated it with a cauliflower post, a stark reminder of the 1989 Bhagalpur massacre.
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'Muslim Population Growing Due To Infiltration': Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday claimed that some political parties were treating infiltrators as a vote bank and questioned why infiltration does not take place along the Gujarat and Rajasthan borders.
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Won't Allow Muslims To Take Over State: Assam Chief Minister
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that he woul not let Bengali-speaking Muslims take over the state, underscoring that he is "not in the competition for minority votes".
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"Right Now, I Won't Seek Muslim Votes": Himanta Biswa Sarma Exclusive
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in an exclusive interview with NDTV said he does not indulge in "vote bank politics" and so, unlike the Congress, will not link politics with issues linked to the Muslim community.
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BJP Won't Get Seats In "Miya Muslim" Dominated Areas: Assam Minister
Ahead of the Assam Assembly polls later this year, state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the BJP would not get any seats in areas dominated by Miya Muslims as they do not vote for the party.
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Will Consult Everybody On Citizenship Bill, Assures Sarbananda Sonowal
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today hinted that the ruling BJP was willing to soften or tweak its stand on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill in order to make it acceptable to people from all sections of society. The remark came just two days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls' third phase on April 23, when voting will be held in four...
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On Assam's Muslim Vote, A Startling Claim From Congress's Tarun Gogoi
The crucial Muslim vote in Assam will not go to the Badaruddin Ajmal-led AlUDF but to the Congress, the state's three-time chief Minister Tarun Gogoi claimed.
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"Divide-And-Rule": Mamata Banerjee Slams Assam's Draft Citizens' List
The final draft of citizens in Assam, which leaves out over 40 lakh people, provoked political anger with opposition parties targeting the government in parliament today. Among them was the Trinamool Congress of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the ruling BJP of trying to identify and isolate people who don't vote for the party. "...
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Assam NRC Live Updates: Congress Asks Government To Convene All-Party Meeting
Assam will release the final draft of National Register of Citizens today that will decide the fate of more than one crore people living in the state.
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Up For Vote In Assam Elections, The 'Bangladesh Factor'
It's not the terrible road to his village, but being branded a Bangladeshi, that 22-year-old Akhirul Islam, a first-time voter in the Assam assembly elections, says is the biggest poll issue.
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The Muslim Factor In Assam's Election
Muslims constitute 34.2 per cent of Assam's population and they are in a majority in nine of the state's 34 districts. No party can ignore this vote bank.
