BJP, allies face vote share challenge in Assam polls
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March 08, 2021 02:03 IST
Minus the percentage of votes its former ally BPF garnered, the BJP-led alliance’s 2016 vote share dips by 3.94% to 37.65%
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Minus the percentage of votes its former ally BPF garnered, the BJP-led alliance’s 2016 vote share dips by 3.94% to 37.65%
Numbers can be deceiving. But if one goes by the vote share of parties in the 2016 Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies approach mandate 2021 behind the Congress-led
Mahajot or grand alliance.
The BJP had ahead of the three-phase polls announced its “Mission 100”, targeting at least 100 of Assam’s 126 Assembly seats. The party and its two regional allies – the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) – had achieved two more seats than its “Mission 84” in the 2016 polls.
On Saturday several Congress workers protested outside the venue of the Congress steering committee meeting, On Sunday a section of workers protested outside the venue of the meeting. These workers were from Jonia, Kamalpur. Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi had to talk to the agitated workers.
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On February 28, with assembly elections less than a month away, the Congress-led alliance in Assam got a boost when the Bodo People’s Front joined it.
Until then, the “mohajut” – as the alliance is called – included the All India United Democratic Front that largely represents the interests of Assam’s Muslims of Bengali origin, three Left parties and a newly formed regional party in addition to the Congress.
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The party brushed off the reports and said that she is a “very indispensable part” of the Congress. All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev | Photo Credit: PTI
Guwahati: The Congress party on Saturday dismissed the reports that All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev has resigned from the party amid differences over the seat-sharing arrangement for the Assam polls.
Several media reports claimed that Dev has resigned from the party as she was unhappy with the seat-sharing formula between the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) for the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam.