Factional politics in assam a study on the asom gana parishad

Abstract

The thesis deals with factional politics in the Asom Gana Parishad AGP which is a prominent regional political party in India The AGP was formed after the Assam movement 1979 1985 with the primary objective of safeguarding the regional identity of the people of Assam The party enjoyed power in Assam twice viz in 1985 and in 1996 But factional politics and consequently split in the party three times within a period of twenty years weakened its political base Therefore the case of fa