2024 Lok Sabha elections

Go Gogoi, go away: Why Congress’s defeat in Assam portends deeper crisis

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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 the chief ministerial representative of the party and the … Read more

Twice Orphaned: SIR strips Kolkata-born Keralite of voting rights, identity

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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 roll official has removed his name, severing his only formal link to an electorate. The effort was meant to clean up … Read more