12 hours Barak Bandh called by Congress against Assam Delimitation Draft 2023 paralysed normal life on Tuesday.
The picketers entered the field this morning without ignoring the instructions given by the police. office, school-college, and business establishments remain closed all day long and no vehicular movement was seen. The picketers of various party organizations chanted anti-government slogans in front of the districts headquarters of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi. Police arrested hundreds of picketers across the three districts including two MLA.
The Election Commission of India has dissolved the Katlicherra constituency from Hailakandi District and Patharkandi Constituency from Karimganj District. Silchar parliamentary Constituency has been reserved newly for Scheduled Caste whereas the Karimganj parliamentary constituency has been changed to general from SC reserved in the Assam Delimitation Draft 2023. Now it’s time to see what ultimate resolution the ECI takes in the Assam Delimitation.