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GUWAHATI: Apprehending attempts of poaching by the ruling BJP, the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) has shifted 10 of its 11 candidates of the recently-concluded Assam elections overseas.
This comes two days after the ten-party grand alliance of Opposition had flown out 20 candidates – 18 from the All India United Democratic Front and two from the Congress – to Rajasthan.
The only BPF candidate to remain in Assam is Minister Pramila Rani Brahma. She confirmed the development surrounding her party, which is a component of the Opposition alliance.
“Yes, they left yesterday (Saturday) but I have no idea which country exactly they are visiting. I could not contact them,” Brahma told this newspaper on Sunday.
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Around 20 candidates of the Opposition alliance in Assam were shifted to a hotel in Rajasthan’s Jaipur city on Friday amid fears that the Bharatiya Janata Party would buy their loyalties, PTI reported.
Congress and its prime ally, the All India United Democratic Front, contested the Assembly elections in Assam together. The “mohajut” – as the alliance is called – also includes Jimochayan (Deori) People’s Party, Adivasi National Party, Anchalik Gana Morcha, Bodoland People’s Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal and three Left parties.
The candidates of the alliance were brought to Jaipur by air and taken to a hotel on the Delhi highway on the outskirts of Jaipur. Most of those who were shifted are reportedly candidates of Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front.