Udipan writes, analysis of the explosion, notwithstanding its ‘small’ intensity and impact, would be one in which the blast is not seen as an incident isolated from the engagement of larger powers who are looking forward to pursue their agendas in North East India, or even the whole of India. ULFA building ties with non-local organisations that are premised on religious fundamentalism, a conspiracy which is larger than this blast itself cannot be ruled out.
Assam
Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2016 first, then National Register of Citizens (NRC)
Ponthungo Odyuo writes, it appears that the BJP led NDA government is determined in sheltering ‘persecuted’ communities and it is under this rhetoric that it has been pushing for the CAB. However, under the veil, through this bill the BJP is trying to change the demography (especially of the Northeastern states) for its political goals,