Congress Assam Ally Moves Supreme Court To Postpone Tamulpur Polling BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary has also written to the Election Commission, and asked for permission to change his party s candidate for the Tamulpur seat
Updated: April 04, 2021 3:41 pm IST
Assam Election: Hagrama Mohilary s BPF, broke from the BJP and joined the Congress in February (File)
New Delhi/Guwahati:
Assam s Bodoland People s Front (BPF) moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking postponement of polling in Tamulpur, after its candidate - Rangja Khungur Basumatary - defected to the BJP less than a week before voting and after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations.
The Election Commission has refused to intervene in the matter of Rangja Khungur Basumatary - the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) candidate from Assam's Tamulpur who joined the BJP this week, just days before polling in his constituency
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The Congress, in 2001, was the last mainstream party to win here
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Artists perform during Prime Minister Narendra Modi s election in Assam’s Baksa district on April 3, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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The Congress, in 2001, was the last mainstream party to win here The BJP has pulled out all the stops to penetrate Bodoland, a region that has been out of bounds for mainstream political parties for 15 years.
The Congress was the last mainstream party to win two of the 12 seats across the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), comprising Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar and Udalguri districts, in 2001. It refrained from contesting any seat in the region in the next election because of its alliance with the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), which befriended the BJP ahead of the 2016 election before returning to the Congress camp in 2021.
Will BPF s Hagrama Mohilary play key role in forming the next govt in Assam?
Will BPF s Hagrama Mohilary play key role in forming the next govt in Assam?
There is speculation that if BJP and its allies are unable to achieve the magic number to form government in Assam, BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary, now part of the Congress-led alliance, can become the kingmaker.
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UPDATED: April 4, 2021 20:32 IST
BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary can play a vital role in forming the BJP-led government in Assam.
With the end of the first and second phases of Assam assembly polls, both ruling and opposition parties have now shifted their