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Curious things happen in politics stranger than leaders switching sides to embrace ideologically opposite parties. But Golaghat constituency in Assam presents a picture bordering on the bizarre. MLA Ajanta Neog is the BJP candidate for the seat and she is up against a familiar foe, Bitopan Saikia of the Congress. That is not the story. In 2016, Neog was the Congress candidate and Saikia was with the BJP. Neog joined the BJP recently and was named the Golaghat candidate. A miffed Saikia found a new home in the Congress. Golaghat is a sub-plot in the unfolding theatre in Assam Elections 2021. But it gives an idea about the political churning: the ruling BJP is luring ‘winnable’ leaders while opposition parties are hedging their bet on ‘discards’. Even that is not the entire story. Five years after winning Assam a traditional Congress stronghold for the first time, the BJP is facin
Not Congress, BJP Says This Party Is The Main Opponent In Assam Assam will vote for a new government in over three phases starting March 27 and results on May 2.
Updated: March 12, 2021 7:42 am IST
The BJP said it is Badruddin Ajmal s party that will be the main opponent in Assam. (File)
Guwahati:
With just days to go for elections to begin in Assam, the ruling BJP has said it is Badruddin Ajmal s All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) that will be the main opponent of the party and not the Congress. The put-down came from BJP s go-to man for the northeast and Assam cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who acknowledged that Mr Ajmal, a Lok Sabha MP, will always remain a factor in the three-phased Assam polls.
All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) have formed a new regional party Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) which will make its electoral debut in alliance with peasant leader Akhil Gogoi-led Raijor Dal party and the Autonomous State Demand Committee from Karbi Anglong.
The minister said, “Ajmal is always a factor given the area Assam is. He is a threat to the culture and civilisation. His people illegally grabbed the land in Batadrava, wanted to set up Miya school and promote Miya poetry in Assam.”
Batadrava Than is the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardev (the 15th century saint-reformer of Assam). BJP led government claims freeing the encroached land as one of its major achievements.
Is AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal CM candidate of Congress-led grand alliance in Assam? Baijayant Panda ANI | Updated: Mar 12, 2021 23:36 IST
By Kumar Gaurav
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Baijayant Panda on Friday hit out at the Congress Party for forming an alliance with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) for the upcoming Assam polls asking whether it is willing to Badruddin Ajmal will be the chief ministerial face of the Congress-led Mahajath grand alliance
Speaking to ANI, said, I want to ask the opposition who their chief ministerial face is in Assam. Congress has made an alliance with a communal party in Assam. Their former chief minister Tarun Gogoi kept them away from AIUDF. Now, they made an alliance after his death. Is Badruddin Ajmal their chief ministerial candidate?