Dulal Kalita believes that the party’s leaders abandoned Assamese nationalism in favour of Hindutva in order to reap political gains.
His family returned to India 50 years ago. Today, they are terrified of being rendered stateless by the BJP’s citizenship project.
Sensing the disenchantment, the party is now promising closure to another category of residents mired in Assam’s citizenship regime – Hindu D-voters.
Home minister Amit Shah had said in December 2019 that “lakhs and crores” of people would benefit from the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Former Amazon Studios executive Thomas Drachkovitch and former agent Jason Hafford have officially launched Dream Bay Entertainment (DBE), a UK company focused on production and literary and talent management.