Regional parties may play big role in Assam polls
Fri, Feb 05 2021 09:14:11 AM
By Sujit Chakraborty
Guwahati, Feb 5 (IANS): In the run-up to the Assam Assembly elections, the state s regional parties are consolidating themselves to ensure multi-cornered fight and diminishing chances of the traditional bipolar politics.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) already announced to continue its alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and to forge a coalition with new ally United People s Party Liberal (UPPL) after discarding present ally Bodo Peoples Front (BPF).
Meanwhile, the main opposition Congress also formed a Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) with three Left parties the CPI-M, the CPI, the CPI-MLL as well as the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the Anchalik Gana Morcha, regional parties having a political base among the Muslims and indigenous people respectively.
Bodoland People’s Front invites Tejaswi Yadav as chief guest for Bodoland Accord Day
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The relationship between BPF and BJP have turned bitter and both parties fought the recently held elections in the sixth schedule council of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) separately. BJP has announced that it will fight elections of 2021 together with United People’s Party Liberal(UUPL), axing out the BPF.
Agencies RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav.
Guwahati: Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), a partner of BJP led government in Assam, has invited RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav as the chief guest for the Bodoland Accord Day to be celebrated on February 10 in Kokrajhar.
AJP cobbles up alliance of regional parties to take on BJP, Congress in Assam polls
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AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi met Akhil Gogoi at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where jailed Akhil Gogoi is undergoing treatment. He was arrested for sedition charges in 2019 during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Assam.
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Assam is likely to go to the assembly polls in April.
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Students’ Union and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad-promoted new regional political party, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), and peasant leader Akhil Gogoi-led Raijor Dal have decided to jointly fight this year’s assembly polls in Assam.
GUWAHATI: In the run-up to the Assam assembly elections, the state s regional parties are consolidating themselves to ensure multi-cornered fight and diminishing chances of the traditional bipolar politics.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) already announced to continue its alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and to forge a coalition with new ally United People s Party Liberal (UPPL) after discarding present ally Bodo Peoples Front (BPF).
Meanwhile, the main opposition Congress also formed a Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) with three Left parties the CPM, the CPI, the CPI-MLL as well as the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the Anchalik Gana Morcha, regional parties having a political base among the Muslims and indigenous people respectively.