Chandra nath boruah (1 risultati)

Regionalism has been playing an influential role in the political process of India As India is a diverse society of heterogeneous regional specialties so the regional urges are bound to be reflected in the political process However it emanates essentially from the socio-cultural economic and political dimensionAssamese regionalism since the British rule has been pioneering the interests of the Assamese middle class But in the post-independence period the Central Governments policies of economic disparity made the Assamese elite much disappointed Importantly illegal foreign national issue gave the Assamese regionalism a popular and emotive dimension The Assamese middle class could successfully project the sentiment of the Assamese people and run the foreign national movement for long six years The movement ended after the signing of the historical Assam AccordThus after the Accord the leaders of the Movement gave birth to a regional party named Asom Gana Parishad Here the author examines how the popularity and dominance of the national parties experienced a heavy blow during the Assembly elections held in 1985 and 1996 in the State On the contrary the Assamese people rejected the regional parties and favoured the Indian National Congress INC as alternative in the 1991 and 2001 Assembly electionsHowever regional party governments in the state have witnessed fulfillment of personal interests of the leaders in power rather than the common regional interests The regional party AGP consequently split down Secondly Assamese regionalism created a new type of ethnic awakening among different ethnic groups Regional party governments in the state had failed to influence the Central Government to implement the Assam Accord in letter and spirit.…