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Electoral politics of upper Assam and Barak valley

AN AUDIO RECORDING FROM THE GROUND DISSECTING FIRST PHASE OF THE POLLS
ELECTION STUDIES POLITICS

As upper Assam and Barak valley go to polls in the first phase (April 4) in the state, CPR researchers Bhanu Joshi and Ashish Ranjan unpack the trends; the context; the history; and the factors that matter in the audio recording (above).

Based on their extensive ongoing field work, they analyse what is at stake, and in the (likely) future of the three main parties: the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP).

For a full transcript of the audio recording, click here.

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