Watch | The Assam Model in Bihar

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Uploaded: 2025-07-11T16:00:54+05:30
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Description: Angshuman Choudhary, a research scholar from Assam and currently pursuing PhD at the NUS Singapore, speaks with Alishan Jafri about why the Assam model is relevant to the current debate in Bihar.

Angshuman Choudhary, a research scholar from Assam and currently pursuing PhD at the NUS Singapore, speaks with Alishan Jafri about why the Assam model is relevant to the current debate in Bihar.

Alishan Jafri

Angshuman Choudhary, a research scholar from Assam and currently pursuing PhD at the NUS Singapore, speaks with Alishan Jafri about why the Assam model is relevant to the current debate in Bihar.

Tension ran high in Bihar on July 9 during the statewide INDIA bloc chakka jam to protest the voter list revision in the state. Party workers blocked main roads and railway stations, burned tyres, and raised slogans.

Among other accusations against the Election Commission, opposition leaders and experts have alleged that this is a backdoor NRC exercise. Some have drawn comparisons with Assam’s D-voter model.

In this discussion, Angshuman Choudhary, a research scholar from Assam and currently pursuing PhD at the NUS Singapore, speaks with Alishan Jafri about why the Assam model is relevant to the current debate in Bihar.

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