Politics of delimitation and locating the influence of tea garden community of Assam: In the context of Lok Sabha elections 2024.
By: Das, Phulmoni and Hazarika, Robin
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BookPublisher: South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies Description: 26(1), Jul-Dec, 2025: p.54-58.
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South Asian Journal of Socio-Political StudiesSummary: Assam electoral politics has been influenced by multiple factors since its independence. Ethnic diversity, rise of regional aspirations in the form of emerging regional political parties, issue of illegal immigration and the safeguard of the rights of Khilonjiyas (indigenous) are some of the prominent factors influences the politics of Assam. But the political landscape of the state has gone through massive changes with the rise of BJP and the debacle of congress since 2014 general Election. The present 2024 Lok Sabha election and its result is also significant for Assam as it can be contextualized through the lens of recent delimitation exercise done in the state before general election. The delimitation of constituencies which was due in 2006-07 could not be undertaken in case of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Jharkhand and the reason provided was the alleged presence of illegal immigrants and a deteriorating law and order situation. (Sultana, 2023) Election Commission has redrawn the boundaries and made significant changes to the constituencies. The exercise of delimitation, as carried out by the Election Commission of India after each census, plays a crucial role in shaping the political landscape. But in case of India since 2001 there is no general census, therefore the present delimitation of constituencies in Assam has been done on the basis of 2001 census with various political permutations and combinations. Therefore, the present article seeks to explain the politics of delimitation of constituencies and its influences on the newly create Kaziranaga constituency of Assam. Paper also aims to understand the role of the tea garden workers in determining the politics of the state. Tea garden community of Assam has been playing a decisive role in the political discourse of the state since independence. Number of Assembly constituencies of Assam has been influenced by the voters of the tea garden community. Various national and regional political parties such as Congress, BJP, AGP etc have been trying to manipulate their consent in favour of them without giving importance on solving their prime issues related to their livelihood and identity. Present Lok Sabha election also witnessed the lure of various political parties to gather the votes of the tea garden community. In this context the present article also reflects the various poll promises and policies provided by the BJP to the community and how far the pre poll promises or the schemes of the tea garden community have been successful in improving their socio economic and political conditions is also highlighted in the study.-Reproduced
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Assam electoral politics has been influenced by multiple factors since its independence. Ethnic diversity, rise of regional aspirations in the form of emerging regional political parties, issue of illegal immigration and the safeguard of the rights of Khilonjiyas (indigenous) are some of the prominent factors influences the politics of Assam. But the political landscape of the state has gone through massive changes with the rise of BJP and the debacle of congress since 2014 general Election. The present 2024 Lok Sabha election and its result is also significant for Assam as it can be contextualized through the lens of recent delimitation exercise done in the state before general election. The delimitation of constituencies which was due in 2006-07 could not be undertaken in case of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Jharkhand and the reason provided was the alleged presence of illegal immigrants and a deteriorating law and order situation. (Sultana, 2023) Election Commission has redrawn the boundaries and made significant changes to the constituencies. The exercise of delimitation, as carried out by the Election Commission of India after each census, plays a crucial role in shaping the political landscape. But in case of India since 2001 there is no general census, therefore the present delimitation of constituencies in Assam has been done on the basis of 2001 census with various political permutations and combinations. Therefore, the present article seeks to explain the politics of delimitation of constituencies and its influences on the newly create Kaziranaga constituency of Assam. Paper also aims to understand the role of the tea garden workers in determining the politics of the state. Tea garden community of Assam has been playing a decisive role in the political discourse of the state since independence. Number of Assembly constituencies of Assam has been influenced by the voters of the tea garden community. Various national and regional political parties such as Congress, BJP, AGP etc have been trying to manipulate their consent in favour of them without giving importance on solving their prime issues related to their livelihood and identity. Present Lok Sabha election also witnessed the lure of various political parties to gather the votes of the tea garden community. In this context the present article also reflects the various poll promises and policies provided by the BJP to the community and how far the pre poll promises or the schemes of the tea garden community have been successful in improving their socio economic and political conditions is also highlighted in the study.-Reproduced
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