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GUWAHATI: Apprehending poaching by the BJP, the Congress is trying to keep its Assam flocks together ahead of the declaration of Assembly election results on May 2.
The Congress leaders held a closed-door meeting with party candidates at a hotel on the outskirts of Guwahati on Saturday, so what transpired there was not known.
The party said one must not read too much into it as only “general discussions” were held on the preparation for the counting day. The meeting comes amidst reports that the Congress has plans to shift the candidates to some hotels in Guwahati, Tezpur, and Kaziranga on April 22 and keep them out of bounds from poachers.
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At least 17 candidates had been shifted to a hotel in Jaipur and were expected to be in Jaipur till around May 2, when the results are scheduled to be out.
Assam polls: After almost a week s stay in Rajasthan, AIUDF candidates come back to Assam
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Fearing poaching these candidates were shifted to Rajasthan last week. However, with COVID-19 situation worsening these MLAS have returned to Assam.
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Candidate Aminul Islam said, “BJP may try to do horse trading. They have done so in Meghalaya, Manipur and Goa, so they may try again.”
After almost a week s stay in Congress ruled Rajasthan, Congress party’s ally All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has brought back its candidates to Assam on Friday.
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If fear of poaching by the BJP had driven 18 candidates of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) to Rajasthan last week, the fear of catching the Covid-19 virus in the western state, which is witnessing a surge of the infection, brought them back to Assam on Friday.