In link to the ECI’s proposed draft delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies for the state, Assam there has been protest going on across the state. Opposition and political parties have called out 12 hour bandh in the state.
According to the sources, around 500 people have been detained in Assam’s Barak Valley during a 12-hour-bandh against the draft proposal.
The draft triggered protests in the Barak Valley, which includes districts of Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi, as the number of assembly seats in the area is proposed to be reduced to 13 from 15.
Barak Democratic Front called for the bandh. Other parties such as Congress, Trinamool Congress (TMC), and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) stands against ECI’s draft proposal.
