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  • Congress has a mountain to climb forward of elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura

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    GUWAHATI: The approaching elections in 3 states of the Northeast can be a fight for survival for the Congress which as soon as dominated all the area however has now gotten lowered to a shadow of its wonderful previous. The Congress’ slide within the Northeast started after the BJP’s emergence as a powerhouse in 2014.

    Simultaneous elections within the 60-member Assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura are anticipated in February.

    As apparently now, the Congress isn’t within the race to energy in any of those states. It lacks leaders after lots of them embraced the ruling celebration and different events over a time period.

    COLUMN | The King’s Speech: Why the BJP might in finding it tricky to go back to energy in Tripura

    The Congress does no longer have a unmarried MLA in Nagaland, only one in Tripura and 5 in Meghalaya.

    Alternatively, the 5 in Meghalaya have been suspended previous this 12 months by means of the celebration’s central management for cosying as much as the Conrad Okay Sangma govt.

    The Congress had emerged as the only biggest celebration within the 2018 Meghalaya Meeting elections however the Nationwide Other folks’s Celebration (NPP)-led motley alliance shaped the federal government. 

    In November ultimate 12 months, 12 of 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya, led by means of former Leader Minister Mukul Sangma, jumped send to put on Trinamool Congress (TMC) colors. Their desertion relegated the grand previous celebration to a extra minor celebration and made the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC the state’s most important Opposition celebration in a single day. TMC had no base within the state previous to that.

    Shillong MP H Pala is now Congress’s lone outstanding face within the Christian-majority state. The Congress is not going to, in all probability, have a unmarried MLA by the point it is going to elections because the 5 suspended legislators have roughly ditched the celebration and are more likely to contest the polls at the tickets of alternative political events.

    ALSO READ | 4 Meghalaya MLAs sign up for BJP forward of upcoming elections

    In Tripura, Sudip Roy Barman is the Congress’ handiest MLA. He had gained the ultimate election at the BJP’s price ticket and was once inducted into the ministry however he resigned from the Meeting and the celebration in February this 12 months after falling out with the then-Leader Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Later, he gained a by-election, necessitated by means of his resignation.

    The Congress had didn’t win a unmarried seat within the 2018 Tripura elections which the BJP swept, decimating the Left. 

    The Congress had additionally drawn a clean within the Nagaland elections of 2018. The celebration, which had gained many elections underneath former Leader Minister SC Jamir, is now just about misplaced within the state which is dominated by means of a coalition of BJP, Nationalist Democratic Innovative Celebration, and Naga Other folks’s Entrance. All MLAs within the state are from those 3 events.

    The elections within the 3 states are across the nook however no longer many of us are speaking concerning the Congress.

    Celebration leaders, then again, attempt to post a courageous face. “So what if now we have one MLA? Atal Bihari Vajpayee had simply two MPs however he went directly to transform the High Minister,” Tripura Congress leader Birajit Sinha instructed this newspaper.  “There’s a lot happening in Tripura. Other folks will vote us to energy,” he stated expectantly, simply days after seven Congress leaders, led by means of former state leader Pijush Kanti Biswas, joined the TMC in Tripura.

    The Congress in Nagaland sounded similarly constructive. “The Congress is the one choice and folks will vote for it. No longer handiest has the Naga political factor remained unresolved, however the state, underneath the existing govt, may be going through bifurcation,” state Congress president Okay Therie stated regarding the call for of an influential tribal group for the introduction of “Frontier Nagaland” state in japanese Nagaland.

    READ HERE | ‘Trinamool no longer a Bengali celebration, I paintings for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

    GUWAHATI: The approaching elections in 3 states of the Northeast can be a fight for survival for the Congress which as soon as dominated all the area however has now gotten lowered to a shadow of its wonderful previous. The Congress’ slide within the Northeast started after the BJP’s emergence as a powerhouse in 2014.

    Simultaneous elections within the 60-member Assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura are anticipated in February.

    As apparently now, the Congress isn’t within the race to energy in any of those states. It lacks leaders after lots of them embraced the ruling celebration and different events over a time period.

    COLUMN | The King’s Speech: Why the BJP might in finding it tricky to go back to energy in Tripura

    The Congress does no longer have a unmarried MLA in Nagaland, only one in Tripura and 5 in Meghalaya.

    Alternatively, the 5 in Meghalaya have been suspended previous this 12 months by means of the celebration’s central management for cosying as much as the Conrad Okay Sangma govt.

    The Congress had emerged as the only biggest celebration within the 2018 Meghalaya Meeting elections however the Nationwide Other folks’s Celebration (NPP)-led motley alliance shaped the federal government. 

    In November ultimate 12 months, 12 of 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya, led by means of former Leader Minister Mukul Sangma, jumped send to put on Trinamool Congress (TMC) colors. Their desertion relegated the grand previous celebration to a extra minor celebration and made the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC the state’s most important Opposition celebration in a single day. TMC had no base within the state previous to that.

    Shillong MP H Pala is now Congress’s lone outstanding face within the Christian-majority state. The Congress is not going to, in all probability, have a unmarried MLA by the point it is going to elections because the 5 suspended legislators have roughly ditched the celebration and are more likely to contest the polls at the tickets of alternative political events.

    ALSO READ | 4 Meghalaya MLAs sign up for BJP forward of upcoming elections

    In Tripura, Sudip Roy Barman is the Congress’ handiest MLA. He had gained the ultimate election at the BJP’s price ticket and was once inducted into the ministry however he resigned from the Meeting and the celebration in February this 12 months after falling out with the then-Leader Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Later, he gained a by-election, necessitated by means of his resignation.

    The Congress had didn’t win a unmarried seat within the 2018 Tripura elections which the BJP swept, decimating the Left. 

    The Congress had additionally drawn a clean within the Nagaland elections of 2018. The celebration, which had gained many elections underneath former Leader Minister SC Jamir, is now just about misplaced within the state which is dominated by means of a coalition of BJP, Nationalist Democratic Innovative Celebration, and Naga Other folks’s Entrance. All MLAs within the state are from those 3 events.

    The elections within the 3 states are across the nook however no longer many of us are speaking concerning the Congress.

    Celebration leaders, then again, attempt to post a courageous face. “So what if now we have one MLA? Atal Bihari Vajpayee had simply two MPs however he went directly to transform the High Minister,” Tripura Congress leader Birajit Sinha instructed this newspaper.  “There’s a lot happening in Tripura. Other folks will vote us to energy,” he stated expectantly, simply days after seven Congress leaders, led by means of former state leader Pijush Kanti Biswas, joined the TMC in Tripura.

    The Congress in Nagaland sounded similarly constructive. “The Congress is the one choice and folks will vote for it. No longer handiest has the Naga political factor remained unresolved, however the state, underneath the existing govt, may be going through bifurcation,” state Congress president Okay Therie stated regarding the call for of an influential tribal group for the introduction of “Frontier Nagaland” state in japanese Nagaland.

    READ HERE | ‘Trinamool no longer a Bengali celebration, I paintings for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

  • ‘Trinamool now not a Bengali birthday celebration, I paintings for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

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    GUWAHATI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday mentioned the TMC isn’t a birthday celebration of West Bengal or the Bengalis as projected by way of its critics however of all India.

    On her maiden discuss with to Shillong in election-bound Meghalaya, Banerjee picked only the BJP for her assault.

    The BJP, which has two MLAs, is a constituent of the state’s ruling coalition which the Nationwide Folks’s Birthday celebration (NPP) heads.

    “There’s a hearsay that the Trinamool Congress is a Bengali birthday celebration. If this is a Bengali birthday celebration, why do other folks sing the nationwide track and the nationwide anthem, which have been written by way of Bankim Chandra (Chatterjee) and Rabindranath (Tagore) respectively?” Banerjee requested.

    She mentioned “Jai Hind” was once Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s slogan and that Mom Teresa had gained the Nobel Peace Prize from Kolkata. She requested if other folks would say these kinds of personalities belonged best to Bengal and now not India. 

    “Why do you divide other folks at the foundation of caste and faith? Allow us to stroll, suppose and talk in combination,” Banerjee mentioned. “I’m a Bengali too and I’m happy with it. I paintings for all of India. I served in different ministries and am a seven-time former MP. You’ll be able to’t say I will not come right here as a result of I’m a Bengali,” she added.

    Attacking the BJP, she mentioned the birthday celebration is “jealous” of the TMC. She mentioned the BJP had attempted its absolute best and “misused” energy within the final West Bengal elections however may now not defeat the TMC which gained by way of two/a 3rd majority. 

    She criticised the Meghalaya executive at the contemporary firing incident at the Assam border that left six individuals lifeless. She visited the homes of the 5 sufferers from Meghalaya and presented monetary help of Rs 5 lakh every.

    The TMC supremo promised that if TMC is voted to energy, it is going to be offering per month monetary help of Rs 1,000 every to 1 lady of each and every circle of relatives within the state.

    Banerjee made a number of different guarantees, together with fixing the border dispute. “You voted for such a lot of events. Vote for the TMC this time round. Our purpose isn’t to regulate Meghalaya from Kolkata. You’re going to rule it. We will be able to advise and information you,” the Bengal CM mentioned.

    Her nephew Abhishek Banerjee mentioned Leader Minister Conrad Ok Sangma, who heads the NPP, “deposited his backbone and the whole lot in Delhi”.

    The TMC normal secretary additionally slammed the state executive over the border firing incident. “The sufferers’ households are shattered. No birthday celebration stood by way of them. Now not a unmarried wrongdoer was once taken to process. No one was once even known as for interrogation,” he mentioned.

    The TMC had no base in Meghalaya however in November final yr, 12 of the 17 Congress MLAs jumped send, making the Banerjee-led birthday celebration the state’s predominant opposition dramatically in a single day.

    One of the most MLAs, Himalaya Shangpliang, ditched the birthday celebration lately to sign up for the BJP.

    GUWAHATI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday mentioned the TMC isn’t a birthday celebration of West Bengal or the Bengalis as projected by way of its critics however of all India.

    On her maiden discuss with to Shillong in election-bound Meghalaya, Banerjee picked only the BJP for her assault.

    The BJP, which has two MLAs, is a constituent of the state’s ruling coalition which the Nationwide Folks’s Birthday celebration (NPP) heads.

    “There’s a hearsay that the Trinamool Congress is a Bengali birthday celebration. If this is a Bengali birthday celebration, why do other folks sing the nationwide track and the nationwide anthem, which have been written by way of Bankim Chandra (Chatterjee) and Rabindranath (Tagore) respectively?” Banerjee requested.

    She mentioned “Jai Hind” was once Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s slogan and that Mom Teresa had gained the Nobel Peace Prize from Kolkata. She requested if other folks would say these kinds of personalities belonged best to Bengal and now not India. 

    “Why do you divide other folks at the foundation of caste and faith? Allow us to stroll, suppose and talk in combination,” Banerjee mentioned. “I’m a Bengali too and I’m happy with it. I paintings for all of India. I served in different ministries and am a seven-time former MP. You’ll be able to’t say I will not come right here as a result of I’m a Bengali,” she added.

    Attacking the BJP, she mentioned the birthday celebration is “jealous” of the TMC. She mentioned the BJP had attempted its absolute best and “misused” energy within the final West Bengal elections however may now not defeat the TMC which gained by way of two/a 3rd majority. 

    She criticised the Meghalaya executive at the contemporary firing incident at the Assam border that left six individuals lifeless. She visited the homes of the 5 sufferers from Meghalaya and presented monetary help of Rs 5 lakh every.

    The TMC supremo promised that if TMC is voted to energy, it is going to be offering per month monetary help of Rs 1,000 every to 1 lady of each and every circle of relatives within the state.

    Banerjee made a number of different guarantees, together with fixing the border dispute. “You voted for such a lot of events. Vote for the TMC this time round. Our purpose isn’t to regulate Meghalaya from Kolkata. You’re going to rule it. We will be able to advise and information you,” the Bengal CM mentioned.

    Her nephew Abhishek Banerjee mentioned Leader Minister Conrad Ok Sangma, who heads the NPP, “deposited his backbone and the whole lot in Delhi”.

    The TMC normal secretary additionally slammed the state executive over the border firing incident. “The sufferers’ households are shattered. No birthday celebration stood by way of them. Now not a unmarried wrongdoer was once taken to process. No one was once even known as for interrogation,” he mentioned.

    The TMC had no base in Meghalaya however in November final yr, 12 of the 17 Congress MLAs jumped send, making the Banerjee-led birthday celebration the state’s predominant opposition dramatically in a single day.

    One of the most MLAs, Himalaya Shangpliang, ditched the birthday celebration lately to sign up for the BJP.

  • Meghalaya extends cell Web ban, Assam events slam Himanta for taking movements in opposition to officers

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    GUWAHATI: The Meghalaya executive on Thursday prolonged the suspension of cell Web and knowledge products and services in seven districts through any other 48 hours, within the backdrop of a few stray incidents of arson and assault at the automobiles of Assam in Shillong and somewhere else.

    In a notification, the state’s House Secretary CVD Diengdoh mentioned the federal government won studies of arson and damages to Assam-registered automobiles from quite a lot of portions of Shillong and different wallet of Jaintia Hills districts in Meghalaya. 

    He mentioned given the apprehension that social media may well be used for the transmission of knowledge, with the possible to reason a major breakdown of regulation and order, the federal government made up our minds to increase the suspension of cell Web and knowledge products and services through 48 hours in West Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, Japanese West Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, and South West Khasi Hills districts. 

    An incident of firing at the border of Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district and Meghalaya’s West Jaintia Hills district on Tuesday morning had left 5 Meghalaya villagers and a woodland guard of Assam lifeless.

    It took place when the Meghalaya villagers faced the Assam Police and woodland guards after the group of workers had intercepted a timber-laden truck and brought into custody 3 of its occupants, together with the driving force.

    Sporadic incidents of violence had been reported after the border firing. A woodland beat place of job used to be torched in West Karbi Anglong district. An Assam-registered SUV used to be additionally torched in Shillong and stones had been pelted at some Assam automobiles in portions of Meghalaya.

    Within the wake of the violence, many vacationers and automobiles remained stranded in Meghalaya.

    As stress continues to run prime, the Assam Police aren’t permitting automobiles from the state to transport towards Shillong.

    The Assam executive transferred the SP of West Karbi Anglong district and suspended two police and woodland officials. The Opposition events considered the movements as the federal government’s “give up” in entrance of Meghalaya.

    “Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has surrendered earlier than Meghalaya to proceed because the convenor of NEDA (North East Democratic Alliance, a conglomerate of non-Congress political events of the Northeast),” Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah mentioned.

    Lurinjyoti Gogoi, leader of Asom Jatiya Parishad, additionally slammed the Sarma executive at the factor.

    “How may the state executive take movements in opposition to the officers when a judicial probe into the incident is on. With such movements, the CM surrendered earlier than Meghalaya,” Gogoi mentioned. 

    GUWAHATI: The Meghalaya executive on Thursday prolonged the suspension of cell Web and knowledge products and services in seven districts through any other 48 hours, within the backdrop of a few stray incidents of arson and assault at the automobiles of Assam in Shillong and somewhere else.

    In a notification, the state’s House Secretary CVD Diengdoh mentioned the federal government won studies of arson and damages to Assam-registered automobiles from quite a lot of portions of Shillong and different wallet of Jaintia Hills districts in Meghalaya. 

    He mentioned given the apprehension that social media may well be used for the transmission of knowledge, with the possible to reason a major breakdown of regulation and order, the federal government made up our minds to increase the suspension of cell Web and knowledge products and services through 48 hours in West Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, Japanese West Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, and South West Khasi Hills districts. 

    An incident of firing at the border of Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district and Meghalaya’s West Jaintia Hills district on Tuesday morning had left 5 Meghalaya villagers and a woodland guard of Assam lifeless.

    It took place when the Meghalaya villagers faced the Assam Police and woodland guards after the group of workers had intercepted a timber-laden truck and brought into custody 3 of its occupants, together with the driving force.

    Sporadic incidents of violence had been reported after the border firing. A woodland beat place of job used to be torched in West Karbi Anglong district. An Assam-registered SUV used to be additionally torched in Shillong and stones had been pelted at some Assam automobiles in portions of Meghalaya.

    Within the wake of the violence, many vacationers and automobiles remained stranded in Meghalaya.

    As stress continues to run prime, the Assam Police aren’t permitting automobiles from the state to transport towards Shillong.

    The Assam executive transferred the SP of West Karbi Anglong district and suspended two police and woodland officials. The Opposition events considered the movements as the federal government’s “give up” in entrance of Meghalaya.

    “Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has surrendered earlier than Meghalaya to proceed because the convenor of NEDA (North East Democratic Alliance, a conglomerate of non-Congress political events of the Northeast),” Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah mentioned.

    Lurinjyoti Gogoi, leader of Asom Jatiya Parishad, additionally slammed the Sarma executive at the factor.

    “How may the state executive take movements in opposition to the officers when a judicial probe into the incident is on. With such movements, the CM surrendered earlier than Meghalaya,” Gogoi mentioned.