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Assam’s lost decade
Shekhar Gupta
Euphoria generated by the people's movement led by Prafulla Kumar
Mahanta and Bhrigu Phukan in early eighties in Assam has withered
away. Mahanta has run the most ineffectual, unimaginative and worthless
government in Assam in a long, long time and chances are that his
own voters are now going to make him pay for it, writes Shekhar
Gupta.
Assam
in flames
Assam is witnessing one of its most violent
assembly elections. Already a dozen people have been killed and
many severely injured. The situation has come to such a pass that
the AGP sent an SOS to the chief election commissioner to ensure
a free and fair poll. Can the Election Commission ensure such a
poll if the Central and state governments are unable to ensure law
and order?
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