Out of the 47 constituencies, going to polls in the first phase on March 27, 38 fall in the tea districts of Jorhat, Golaghat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Bishwanath and Sonitpur.

Therefore, the NETA appealed to both the Central and Assam governments to extend the NMEO-OP scheme to the tea gardens. The NETA, in its letter, mentioned that oil palm cultivation requires ...