Bypolls: a test for Congress’ bid to bounce back in northeast
The Hindu
A challenge for BJP too to achieve simple majority mark in Assam
The Congress’s bid to bounce back after reverses would be put to test across the nine Assembly seats in three northeastern States where byelections would be held on October 30.
The campaign for the constituencies ended on Wednesday evening.
The Congress is the only political party contesting all nine seats — five in Assam, three in Meghalaya and one in Nagaland. It did not field any candidate for the Opposition-less Nagaland’s Shamator-Chessore seat that National Democratic Progressive Party candidate S. Keoshu Yimchunger had won uncontested.

“Walk for Equality was aimed at creating a movement to crush the forces attempting to divide the people along religious line, said Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko. Concluding his 140-kilometre ‘Samathuva nadai payanam’ from Tiruchi to Madurai on Monday, Mr. Vaiko said, “The Hindutva forces are actively attempting to drive a wedge between communities through various incidents, most notably the Thirupparankundram deepam controversy, using identity-based politics to achieve their divisive motives.”












