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100			_aBaruah, A.K.
245			_aFractured identities: politics in a multi-ethnic state
260			_c1999
300			_ap.2492-501
362			_a21 Aug & 28 Sep
520			_aUnlike most other Indian states where regionalism is being articulated in terms of one dominant cultural community, in Assam a number of smaller ethnic communities are beginning carve out areas of influence through their respective parties. While the Asom Gana Parishad representing `Asomiya' interest has begun to have a presence in the non-Assamese speaking areas which had been Congress strongholds, regional issues have dominated the elections in the Bodo and Karbi areas. None of the national parties including the BJP which has registered an impressive growth, have been able to present an effective challenge to these regional forces. - Reproduced
650			_aElections
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a42039
999			_c42039 _d42039