Guwahati: Congress A pre-poll agreement with anti-BJP parties is yet to be decided for the Thaura and Mariani seats in Upper Assam, where bypolls are due soon.
even as BJP The Congress is all set to announce its list of candidates for the upcoming assembly bypolls, most likely for the Pramod Boro-led United People’s Party Liberals (UPPL), barring Gosaigaon and Tamulpur seats in the Bodoland Territorial Area. Failed to finalize. There is a plan to combine it.
Out of the five seats for which by-elections are to be held in Assam, the Congress is ready to propose only. Bhabnipur The Raijar Dal (RD) led by farmer leader Akhil Gogoi got the seat. But RD feels that the Congress has offered him a seat where the new regional party has no chance of winning. In the last assembly elections, RD nominee Kamal Kumar Medhi had to face a humiliating defeat at the hands of Phanidhar Talukdar of AIUDF. Later, the talukdar joined the BJP, which pushed Bhawanipur to another election this year.
“We don’t have preparations for Bhabnipur and have decided not to contest from this seat,” RD president Akhil said after meeting Congress leader Rakibul Hussain on Saturday.
Instead, Akhil proposed that Assam PCC president Bhupen Bora should contest from Bhabnipur. “If Congress gives support to our candidate in Thaura, we may reconsider our decision to contest from Mariani,” Akhil said.
He said the RD will support the Congress and the Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) in the rest of the seats as both are in talks to work out an electoral pact to defeat the BJP. “Even if the Congress does not leave Thaura for the Raizar Dal, our alliance with the Congress will continue,” Akhil declared, although the Congress is yet to announce an alliance with the RD. He expressed his desire to campaign for the Congress in Tamulpur, Gosaigaon and Bhawanipur seats for the victory of the Congress.
Congress insiders told the Times of India that the Grand Old Party is in no mood to ‘surrender’ the Thaura and Mariani seats, from where the Congress is the candidate. sushant borgohain And Roopjyoti Kurmi Won the last election but soon turned into turncoats. Bhupen Bora said, “At this point of time we can take the risk of giving Bhabanipur to Akhil Gogoi. It is for him to decide.”
A Congress source said Thaura and Mariani are the two important seats where the Congress has won despite losing in the politically important Upper Assam region. A Congress leader said, “These are our bastions where tea garden voters have supported the Congress for generations. If we allow other parties to enter here as Congress allies, then the Congress across Assam The morale of the grassroot level workers of K.K. will be broken.”
He said that AJP and RD have an estimated 11 lakh followers who are anti-BJP voters. “There is no environment in Assam in which AJP and RD can click immediately. But in the last election BJP used regional forces, especially in tribal areas, we aim to go with two new regional parties, which are ethno-religious. Advocating politics on Aadhaar. He has got a large number of supporters from indigenous communities.” Along with the AJP, he said, the Congress is discussing Majuli where the bypoll will be held as its MLA Sarbananda Sonowal has resigned after being inducted into the Union cabinet.
even as BJP The Congress is all set to announce its list of candidates for the upcoming assembly bypolls, most likely for the Pramod Boro-led United People’s Party Liberals (UPPL), barring Gosaigaon and Tamulpur seats in the Bodoland Territorial Area. Failed to finalize. There is a plan to combine it.
Out of the five seats for which by-elections are to be held in Assam, the Congress is ready to propose only. Bhabnipur The Raijar Dal (RD) led by farmer leader Akhil Gogoi got the seat. But RD feels that the Congress has offered him a seat where the new regional party has no chance of winning. In the last assembly elections, RD nominee Kamal Kumar Medhi had to face a humiliating defeat at the hands of Phanidhar Talukdar of AIUDF. Later, the talukdar joined the BJP, which pushed Bhawanipur to another election this year.
“We don’t have preparations for Bhabnipur and have decided not to contest from this seat,” RD president Akhil said after meeting Congress leader Rakibul Hussain on Saturday.
Instead, Akhil proposed that Assam PCC president Bhupen Bora should contest from Bhabnipur. “If Congress gives support to our candidate in Thaura, we may reconsider our decision to contest from Mariani,” Akhil said.
He said the RD will support the Congress and the Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) in the rest of the seats as both are in talks to work out an electoral pact to defeat the BJP. “Even if the Congress does not leave Thaura for the Raizar Dal, our alliance with the Congress will continue,” Akhil declared, although the Congress is yet to announce an alliance with the RD. He expressed his desire to campaign for the Congress in Tamulpur, Gosaigaon and Bhawanipur seats for the victory of the Congress.
Congress insiders told the Times of India that the Grand Old Party is in no mood to ‘surrender’ the Thaura and Mariani seats, from where the Congress is the candidate. sushant borgohain And Roopjyoti Kurmi Won the last election but soon turned into turncoats. Bhupen Bora said, “At this point of time we can take the risk of giving Bhabanipur to Akhil Gogoi. It is for him to decide.”
A Congress source said Thaura and Mariani are the two important seats where the Congress has won despite losing in the politically important Upper Assam region. A Congress leader said, “These are our bastions where tea garden voters have supported the Congress for generations. If we allow other parties to enter here as Congress allies, then the Congress across Assam The morale of the grassroot level workers of K.K. will be broken.”
He said that AJP and RD have an estimated 11 lakh followers who are anti-BJP voters. “There is no environment in Assam in which AJP and RD can click immediately. But in the last election BJP used regional forces, especially in tribal areas, we aim to go with two new regional parties, which are ethno-religious. Advocating politics on Aadhaar. He has got a large number of supporters from indigenous communities.” Along with the AJP, he said, the Congress is discussing Majuli where the bypoll will be held as its MLA Sarbananda Sonowal has resigned after being inducted into the Union cabinet.
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