‘No Muslim can win, now or in the future’: In Assam’s Barpeta, delimitation fears confirmed

[ad_1] Every year, without exception, the Brahmaputra washes away villages that fall in the Chenga Assembly constituency in lower Assam’s Barpeta district. “In 20 years, the river has advanced almost 5 km,” said Jiliam Uddin, the headman of Malipara village...

Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?

[ad_1] After he casts his vote today in Assam’s Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency, Rabbul Islam will take a train back to Chennai, where he works in a vehicle repair shop. The 30-year-old is a resident of Sutar Gaon, a village...