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Modi Magic Will Not Work This Time in Assam : AJP s Jagadish Bhuyan
The former BJP leader, who quit the party after the CAA was passed by parliament, says the prime minister and his government have failed to deliver on the promises made to the Assamese people.
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Politics16/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The vociferous protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Assam have led to the birth of three regional parties in the poll-bound state.
Of these, the Anchalik Gana Morcha has entered into an alliance with the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) to contest the assembly polls, scheduled for this April-May. The two others â the Raijor Dal (RD) and Asam Jatiyo Parishad (AJP) â have joined hands to fight the polls as a combined anti-CAA forum against the ruling BJP.
The Assam Congress on Monday said the chief of its ally AIUDF, Badruddin Ajmal, is not anti-Hindu and the BJP, which accuses him of being communal, had in fact joined hands with his party to run three district councils in the state.
The Congress has formed an alliance with the All India United Democratic Front, the Left and a regional party to fight the Assam Assembly polls that are likely to be held in April.