BJP drops BPF, to contest Assam polls with new ally UPPL
By IANS| Published: 28th January 2021 1:22 am IST
Guwahati, Jan 27 : Assam’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced that it would contest the upcoming Assembly polls in alliance with its new ally, the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), instead of existing ally Bodoland People’s Front (BPF).
The BJP fought against the BPF in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) polls in December despite ruling Assam together since 2016 along with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). BPF has three ministers in the Sarbananda Sonowal government.
Addressing a gathering in Udalguri, bordering Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, senior BJP leader and state Finance and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his party has decided to fight the Assembly polls in coalition with UPPL.
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Speaking at the Vijay Sankalp Samaroh rally, Shah alleged that the Congress and Badruddin Ajmal (of the AIUDF), if they come to power, would open all gates to welcome infiltrators as they constitute their vote bank .
KOKRAJHAR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that the Bodoland Territorial Region Accord (BTR), inked a year ago, has initiated the process of ending insurgency in the northeast.
Attacking the Congress, Shah said that the grand old party had signed many agreements with different militant outfits in the past, but failed to keep the promises it made. I have come here to iterate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP are committed to fulfil the clauses of the BTR Accord, which will pave the way for peace and development in the region. It marks the beginning of the end of insurgency in the region.
Amit Shah in Assam: Give 5 more yrs to BJP and state will become flood-free, vows home minister Speaking at the Vijay Sankalp Samaroh rally, Shah alleged that the Congress and Badruddin Ajmal (of the AIUDF), if they come to power, would open all gates to welcome infiltrators as they constitute their vote bank . FP Staff January 24, 2021 19:34:08 IST Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a rally in Assam s Nalbari. ANI
The Congress and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) will open all gates to infiltrators and only the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can safeguard Assam, Union home minister Amit Shah claimed in his first election rally in the poll-bound state on Sunday.