Go Gogoi, go away: Why Congress’s defeat in Assam portends deeper crisis
assam When Gaurav Gogoi stepped into Jorhat during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he had hailed him as “amar lora” (our son), treating him as a son of the soil. Gogoi is not only the deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha but also…
Twice Orphaned: SIR strips Kolkata-born Keralite of voting rights, identity
Benji is busy preparing dishes at his adoptive family’s restaurant in Kolkata KOLKATA: 50-year-old Benjamin (“Benji” of Belegatta, Kolkata) says the state has once again left him an orphan. The Electoral Commission’s top electoral…