Assam Assembly Election 2016
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Xenophobia won BJP Assam, but ahead of UP polls, it's time for new election rhetoric
Sandipan Sharma •With elections in Uttar Pradesh on the anvil, it could soon be a season of a different brand of vows BJP — in Rama's name.
Infiltration and allies: Not an easy road ahead for Assam CM Sonowal
Fppolitics •Assam Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal has a difficult road ahead. He not only has to deliver on the major promises made during the election campaign, he has to keep the BJP's alliance partners happy
Sonowal ministry to start with 17 MLAs, allies want more of ministerial pie
Fppolitics •A new ministry is required to have 19 members but Sonowal is likely to start off with 17 legislators.
Border to be sealed in two years, Wagah-like ceremony along Indo-Bangla border: Sonowal
•Sealing of the borders with Bangladesh will be completed in two year's time to put an end to infiltration, Sarbananda Sonowal said on Saturday.
Sarbananda Sonowal to take oath as Assam chief minister on 24 May
•The new BJP-led government in Assam will be sworn in on 24 May in the presence of PM Modi, BJP's chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonwal said.
Hold your celebrations: Why BJP should worry about a 'Congress-mukt' India
Sandipan Sharma •Results of elections in four major states indicate the BJP needs its arch rival to succeed — it feeds off the failures of the Congress.
A sense of dèja vu: How TV election analysis errs time and time again
Yogendra_yadav •Thursday's television analysis repeated four fatal errors of election analysis that I have seen (and sometimes participated in, I'm ashamed to say) over the past two decades
BJP defeats Congress in Assam: Four reasons why this was inevitable
Seema Guha •A massive win in Assam will help to expand the BJP's footprint in the remote north eastern region of the country.
Assembly elections 2016: What went wrong with the Left
Debobrat Ghose •The Left might have won in Kerala, but losing West Bengal despite going for an alliance with the Congress has come as a big blow for the party that had ruled the state for more than three decades at a stretch.
Assembly Election 2016: Nitish asks BJP not to go overboard celebrating Assam victory
•Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has cautioned BJP against going overboard with celebrations of its victory in Assam, as he congratulated all political parties and alliances which emerged victorious in assembly polls in the five states whose results were declared on Thursday.