Guwahati, July 3 -- Once considered the cradle of regional political assertion in India, Assam is now witnessing a slow erosion of its regional parties' significance.
With the 2026 Assembly elections drawing close, parties such as the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Raijor Dal and Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) find themselves struggling to remain politically relevant in a landscape increasingly dominated by national parties.
This decline marks a dramatic shift from the mid-1980s, when the state gave birth to one of India's most powerful regional political movements.
The Asom Gana Parishad, formed in the aftermath of the historic Assam Agitation, stormed to power in 1986, installing Prafulla Kumar Mahanta as the country's youngest chief minister. ...