Poster Wars In Assam: Parties Harp On Local Pride, Illegal Immigrants | Read
As you drive down national highway 37, soaking in some breath-taking views of Upper Assam's tea gardens, you can't miss the poll graffiti or the election posters here. Just before Makum, a small tea township, the Congress has put up posters of the BJP's chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Not seeking votes for the BJP obviously. Mr Sonowal is touching the senior minister's feet. And the poster has a question for him in the local language: "Can he protect the rights of the Assamese people when he bows down to please his party's top leadership?"
