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bhaskar pegu
This year I enjoyed the initial Ali-Aye Ligang festival on the banks of Charikaria river in where there are number of Mising villages in Dhakuakhana subdivision of Lakhimpur district of Assam.The villages where I visited used to be my ancestral place.If you go towards northeast facing Machkhowa(Dhemaji) from Dhakuakhana,you'll find number of Mising villages along the banks of Charikaria river.Dhak...
Bhaskar Gupid
With the assembly election coming closer in Assam,candidates are on all out campaigns after filing their nominations papers.As many as 529 candidates are on the fray in first phase poll which will be held on April 4.The Election Commission have been working round the clock to monitor to prevent any circumstances that are against spirit of electorate.Law and order situation is one of the topmost pr...
uttampegu
Gana Shakti alliance with AGP
Posted February 20, 2011 by uttampegu in Mising
According to recent news, AGP will not field its candidate in Jonai and Majuli and will support Gana Shakti candidate. Gana Shakti is a party led by Jonai MLA Bhuabn Pegu.

Link to the news here from North East India Blog.

Most probably, this is an win-win arrangement for both AGP and Gana Shakti. So, most probably, AGP will win from Dhemaji and Dhakuakhana with support of Mising votes in both th...
uttampegu
As Assam assembly election is drawing near, I thought, I would share few political discussions I had recently in Mising areas.

One important observation by almost all Mising people I met, was While Bodos have almost 15 assembly seats in Assam, Misings can win paltry 4 seats. They are

1. Jonai
2. Dhemaji
3. Dhakuakhana
4. Majuli

Incidentally, all are reserved seats as well as comes under Lakhim...
Bhaskar Gupid
The All Assam Shramik Krishak Kalyan Parishad today alleged that the State Water Resources Department is involved in a scam worth more than Rs 10,000 crore.

Alleging that the government and the department concerned has not successfully implemented the schemes meant for solving the flood problem in the State, the Parishad today claimed that the documents it has obtained through RTI prove that near...
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