Witnessing Dibrugarh during Elections 2024: There is an expectation of splits in the tea gardens and expectation of close call between the three parties Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Assam Jaitya Parishad (AJP) is being anticipated.
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00:02 - We are in Dibrugarh of Appar Assam.
00:09 It is one of the parliamentary constituencies
00:11 where people are expecting a close contest.
00:14 Dibrugarh has been a BJP bastion since 2014.
00:17 In 2019, Rameshwari Tehli won with a massive margin
00:21 of over three lakh votes,
00:23 but this time people are expecting a very close contest.
00:27 The BJP has fielded state unit heavyweights,
00:30 Sarbananda Sonwal, former chief minister,
00:33 current union minister from this constituency.
00:36 While there are two opposition candidates.
00:38 One is an united opposition candidate,
00:40 Luring Jyoti Gogoi of Assam Jati Opposition,
00:43 who is getting the backing of the Congress,
00:45 the left parties, and local organized parties
00:48 like Rai Jodhal.
00:50 And the third candidate is Aam Aadmi Party's Manoj Dhanwar.
00:55 Now, while Mr. Sonwal is focusing on PM Modi's achievements
01:00 over the past 10 years, and of course,
01:03 the achievements of the local state government,
01:05 BJP government in Assam,
01:07 the entire opposition focus is on
01:10 the personal achievements of Luring Jyoti Gogoi
01:16 in the anti-CIA movement,
01:18 and how he has been a prominent face
01:21 protecting Ohumiya identity.
01:24 In Dibrugarh, the majority of the voters
01:27 belong to the Ohumiya community,
01:28 and the Ohums, and the tribes who live in the tea gardens.
01:33 Mr. Dhanwar of Aam Aadmi Party
01:36 has a significant hold in the tea garden areas.
01:39 In the last elections, last two elections,
01:41 the BJP had swept the tea garden belt.
01:44 But this time there could be a split
01:46 in the votes in the tea gardens,
01:48 and also in the Ohum votes.
01:51 That is why people are expecting,
01:54 people are saying that it won't be a cakewalk
01:57 for Mr. Sarvaranda Sonwal.
01:59 Even though BJP is ravishing any claim of any contest,
02:03 we'll, from here we'll visit to Jodhpur
02:06 and other areas also of Assam,
02:09 and we'll give you more news
02:11 of what is happening on the ground in Assam.
02:13 For now, from Dibrugarh,
02:15 with Sandeep and Chatterjee in camera,
02:18 I, Snipdind Bhattacharya, reporting for Outlook.
02:20 (dramatic music)