TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goswami, Sandhya
TI  - Assam politics in post-Congress era: 1985 and beyond
SN  - 9789353883645
U1  - 320.954162 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage Publications India
KW  - Asama Gaṇa Parishada
KW  - Bharatiya Janata Party
KW  - Political parties - India - Assam
KW  - Party affiliation - India - Assam
KW  - Assam (India) - Politics and government - 20th century
KW  - Assam (India) - Politics and government - 21st century
N1  - Table of contents

1. Politics of Assam : background
2. Congress dominance and decline
3. Assam movement and its fallout
4. Asom Gana Parishad and competitive politics
5. Recovery of Congress
6. Shift towards Bharatiya Janata Party
7. Challenges ahead


N2  - Assam has undergone two significant alterations in its political contours since the 1980s—one leading to the rise of a regional party and the other to a firm foothold by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Assam Movement (1979–1985) led to the formation of the main regional party—Asom Gana Parishad. The subsequent decades, however, witnessed a pronounced shift of power from this party to the national parties, marked by intense party competition. The competition has, however, rarely led to better choices and new policies, programmes or institutions, thus perpetuating underdevelopment and economic stagnation besides accentuating deep fault lines within the society.
Aided by the unique data sets of National Election Studies, Assam Politics in Post-Congress Era: 1985 and Beyond closely analyses the shifting political dynamics in Assam in the context of the state’s history and socio-economic situation. It further documents the dynamic political equations in the state, marked by the eclipse of the Congress and followed by the current dominance of the BJP.

https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/assam-politics-in-post-congress-era/book274669
ER  -