Months before the crucial assembly elections in Assam, the first one under chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the painful memory of a 42-year-old massacre is set to be revived.

The Assam government will table the report of the Tiwari Commission during the assembly session beginning on November 25, bringing to light a document kept out of public view for more than four decades. The move comes ahead of state elections due in March–April 2026, which will be held along with the West Bengal polls, the two states where migration, illegal infiltrators, and the citizenship issue play a polarising role.

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