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May 7, 2024 · There were instances of group clashes in Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency during the third phase of polling on Tuesday. One-person sustained injuries. There were clashes between the supporters of United People's Party Liberal and Bodoland People's Front (BPF). A police officer said that the incident took place near the BPF office in Kokrajhar Town.
Jul 11, 2023 · 11 Jul 2023, 2:01 pm. 2 min read. GUWAHATI: A total of 133 people from West Bengal, who feared they could be attacked after the declaration of results of the panchayat elections in the state, have...
May 7, 2024 · While polling was totally peaceful in the rest of the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha seat in Assam, a minor incident of poll violence was reported in the parliamentary seat during polling. As per inputs, BPF workers reportedly came under attack from unidentified miscreants in front of the party’s central office.
Apr 20, 2019 · The 2012 violence displaced more than 1,00,000 Muslims most of whom did not return. “Whether it is a Bodo or a non-Bodo who wins, all we want is an end to living in fear,” said Hareswar Nath, a...
Lok Sabha member from Kokrajhar, Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary blamed illegal immigration for the violence in the state. The Election Commissioner of India , H.S. Brahma , said that of the 27 districts in Assam , 11 of them will be shown to have a Muslim majority when the 2011 census figures are published.
May 14, 2014 · Some 40 Bengali-speaking Muslims were massacred by armed Bodos in Kokrajhar, part of Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD). The victims were “punished” because they had voted for Naba ‘Hira’ Sarania, a former ULFA militant popular among the non-Bodos, in the election to Kokrajhar constituency on April 24.
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May 5, 2014 · The provocation, according to victims of the violence, was that in the recent Lok Sabha poll, a large number of votes were rumoured to have gone to a non-Bodo candidate contesting from Kokrajhar, a reserved constituency which has traditionally sent a Bodo representative to Parliament.
