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Badruddin Ajmal s AIUDF claims 5-6 BJP contestants in their touch to support Grand Alliance
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Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, one of the around 20 AIUDF candidates who were flown to Jaipur last week due to fear of poaching by the saffron party, said, five-six BJP contestants have contacted me offering their support to the Grand Alliance .
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The AIUDF on Tuesday claimed that five-six BJP contestants in the just concluded Assam Assembly elections have contacted the party promising support to the Congress-led Grand Alliance of which Badruddin Ajmal s outfit is a constituent. Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, one of the around 20 AIUDF candidates who were flown to Jaipur last week due to fear of poaching by the saffron party, said, five-six BJP contestants have contacted me offering their support to the Grand Alliance .
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Updated Apr 12, 2021 · 12:53 pm Bodoland People s Front chief Hagrama Mohilary. | Hagrama Mohilary/ Facebook
The Bodoland People’s Front, an ally of the Congress in Assam, has flown party members who contested the state Assembly polls to an undisclosed location amid fears that the Bharatiya Janata Party would try to buy their loyalties, the
Hindustan Times reported on Sunday.
“I am not sure where they [the candidates] are now,” said senior Bodoland People’s Front leader Pramila Rani Brahma, who contested from the Kokrajhar East seat. “But the candidates are outside Assam, that’s confirmed. I am not going anywhere.”
An unidentified leader said that 10 Bodoland People’s Front leaders were taken to Bhutan on April 10 and would likely stay there till May 2.
Anticipating poaching from rival camps, the BPF on Friday had asked all 11 of its candidates to assemble in Kokrajhar. They left for a foreign country on Saturday.