Jailed peasant leader Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal is ready to make a ‘supreme sacrifice’, as the new regional party said it is going to field candidates in only 18 of the 86 seats in the first two phases of the assembly election in order to stop the division of anti-BJP votes.
GUWAHATI: Jailed peasant leader Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal is ready to make a ‘supreme sacrifice’, as the new regional party said it is going to field candidates in only 18 of the 86 seats in the first two phases of the assembly election in order to stop the division of anti-BJP votes.
Assam polls 2021: BJP in a fix as Opposition parties thrust voter polarisation over NRC-CAA
Assam polls 2021: BJP in a fix as Opposition parties thrust voter polarisation over NRC-CAA
The opposition parties are looking to turn the emotive citizenship issue into a major poll plank in Assam Assembly Election, much to the discomfort of the ruling BJP.
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UPDATED: March 3, 2021 20:26 IST
File photo of a demonstrator holding a piece of cloth with No CAA written on it during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Nagaon district in Assam on January 4, 2020 | Reuters
Hectic canvassing by political parties is on in 47 assembly constituencies in Upper Assam and North Assam which go to polls on March 27 in the first phase of Assam Assembly Election 2021.
Election Commission Allots Ship as Party Symbol to Assam Jatiya Parishad Ship signifies our economy, culture, civilisation and trade along the Brahmaputra. The ship will allow us to proceed unitedly in Assam, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said.
The symbol of the Assam Jatiya Parishad. Photo: Twitter/@JatiyaParishad
Politics01/Mar/2021
Guwahati:Â The symbol of a ship has been allotted to the newly formed Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) for the three-phase assembly elections in Assam.
Addressing a press conference here, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said the Election Commission of India allotted the party symbol to the regional party on Saturday. “We will fight the polls with the symbol of a ship. Ship signifies our economy, culture, civilisation and trade along the Brahmaputra. The ship will allow us to proceed unitedly in Assam,” he said.
Read more about ECI allots ship as party symbol to AJP for Assam Assembly elections on Business Standard. The symbol of a "ship" has beenallotted to the newly formed Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) for the three-phase assembly elections in Assam.
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