The May 4 electoral result in Guwahati Central offers sharp insight into evolving voting behaviour in Assam’s urban constituencies. The contest between Vijay Kumar Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Kunki Chowdhury of the Assam Jatiya Parishad was framed as a clash between experience and youth, as well as “outsider” and “insider” identities. Despite a sustained attempt to foreground indigenous identity and regional belonging, […]
