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Exit Polls Predict Return Of BJP In Assam But With Reduced Numbers
Almost all gave the BJP-led NDA, which comprises AGP and United People’s Party Liberal more than 70 of the 126 seats on offer.
Dipankar Roy 29 April 2021, Last Updated at 10:38 pm PTI Dipankar Roy 2021-04-29T22:36:30+05:30 Exit Polls Predict Return Of BJP In Assam But With Reduced Numbers outlookindia.com 2021-04-29T22:38:51+05:30
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Several exit polls on Thursday indicated the return of the NDA to power in Assam albeit with reduced numbers.
Almost all gave the BJP-led NDA, which also comprises Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People’s Party Liberal, a party based in the Bodoland Territorial Region, more than 70 of the 126 seats on offer.
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GUWAHATI: The AIUDF (All India United Democratic Front) has stated that the government and district administrations have failed to control the price hike situation in Assam.
In a statement, AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal said, The unscrupulous traders are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, possibility of lockdown, and Ramadan. The State government didn t take strict measures and due to their irresponsibility, the prices of essential commodities have surged by three times.
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AIUDF alleged that some government officials are also involved with unscrupulous traders.
Ajmal demanded the State government and the district administrations to take immediate measures to control the crisis.
Sarbananda Sonowal has been visiting a number of districts, said the opposition. (File)
Guwahati, Assam:
The Congress-led alliance in Assam has complained to the Election Commission about the alleged violation of the model code of conduct by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the guise of COVID-19 management .
Sources in the Election Commission told NDTV that the complaint will be probed to check if there is a violation or not.,
In a letter, the 10-party alliance has asked the election body to bar the leaders from travelling to different districts to hold meetings.Pointing out the model code of conduct is still in effect in Assam with the results of the three-phased state elections yet to be declared, the alliance says that during the political transition period, where the status of the government is a care taker government, no minister should visit any district.
Some are vacationing, some are tending to their fish and domestic animals while a few others have already begun ring-fencing their colleagues from possible poaching attempts.
With electronic voting machines to be unlocked on May 2 to decide the fate of political parties in five states, the wait can be nerve-wracking for most politicians. While some have opted for a short break, others have begun preparing the ground.
Leaders of Assam’s Congress-led 10-party Opposition alliance are having to contend with a perceived threat posed by the ruling BJP to poach their candidates or manipulate the results.
So much so that the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) had flown their candidates to Jaipur and Raipur in Congress-ruled Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh soon after the keenly contested three-phase polls ended on April 6.