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Assam polls 2021: BJP s estranged ally Bodoland People s Front joins Congress-led Mahagathbandhan
A day after snapping ties with the ruling BJP, the Bodoland People s Front (BPF) on Sunday joined the Congress-led grand alliance to fight the Assembly polls against the saffron party with the Mahagathbandhan leaders urging the other local parties to join it.
The leaders of the Mahagathbandhan said on Sunday that its chief ministerial candidate would be decided in consultation with the other constituents of the alliance after the Assembly elections are over. With the joining of the BPF led by vteran tribal leader Hagrama Mohilary, the number of parties in the grand alliance rose to seven.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived here on Monday to campaign for the party in Assam, where the Congress-led seven-party alliance will take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led three-party coalition. Priyanka soon after her arrival offered prayers at the famous Kamakhya Devi Temple, which was rebuilt in 1565 by Koch king Naranarayana and is one of the 51 holy and venerated sites in India.
Assam Congress Media Department Chairperson Bobbeeta Sharma said that during her Assam tour, Priyanka would hold interactions with party office bearers and diverse groups of people of the poll-bound Assam and address public meetings in Tezpur on Tuesday.
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BJP came to power in Assam in 2016 because of BPF, will lose 25-30 seats: Bodoland People s Front
BJP came to power in Assam in 2016 because of BPF, will lose 25-30 seats: Bodoland People s Front
A spokesperson of BJP s former ally BPF in Assam, Khampa Borgoyari accused the saffron party of working against the sentiment of the people .
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UPDATED: March 1, 2021 04:16 IST
BPF President Hagrama Mahilary and Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora addressing a joint press conference in Guwahati on Sunday (Photo Credits: PTI)
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