GUWAHATI: Congress-led Mahajot allies have said horse-trading attempts would not succeed in impacting the outcome of the just-concluded assembly election.
AIUDF candidate from Sonai, Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, on Monday made a sudden appearance on social media after he silently returned to Assam from Jaipur on Sunday. Barbhuiya’s return is significant not only from the AIUDF’s point of view but from the Mahajot perspective, as he is the coordinator of the grand alliance on behalf of Badruddin Ajmal’s party, a key ally of the Congress for the Assam election.
Even though there are reports of Congress flying out 18 of the 19 AIUDF candidates to Jaipur to ‘keep them away from poachers’, Barbhuiya, after returning, said that their Mahajot is ‘unbreakable’ and even some BJP candidates are in touch with them. They may extend support to the Congress-led alliance for the formation of a non-BJP government in the state, he said.
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Horse-trading in Assam Poll 2021: In a bid to thwart any possibility of horse-trading, the BPF (Bodoland People s Front) has kept a section of its candidates in an undisclosed hotel outside the State. According to sources, as many as 10 BPF candidates contesting the polls in the four districts of BTR (Bodoland Territorial Region) have been sent outside the state. The candidates are accompanied by BTC executive members. Only Minister Pramila Rani Brahma, a six-time MLA from the Kokrajhar East constituency, and Rabiram Narzary are in Kokrajhar now.
BPF president Hagrama Mohilary took the decision to shift party candidates to another State after a meeting with its candidates in Kokrajhar, amid fears of horse-trading by the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) before the announcement of results of the Assam Assembly elections on May 2, 2021.
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GUWAHATI: Apprehending attempts of poaching by the ruling BJP, the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) has shifted 10 of its 11 candidates of the recently-concluded Assam elections overseas.
This comes two days after the ten-party grand alliance of Opposition had flown out 20 candidates – 18 from the All India United Democratic Front and two from the Congress – to Rajasthan.
The only BPF candidate to remain in Assam is Minister Pramila Rani Brahma. She confirmed the development surrounding her party, which is a component of the Opposition alliance.
“Yes, they left yesterday (Saturday) but I have no idea which country exactly they are visiting. I could not contact them,” Brahma told this newspaper on Sunday.
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee; Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal; Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami (From L to R).
NEW DELHI: Polling began at 7 am on Tuesday for one of the busiest days in the ongoing assembly election in all four states and one Union territory - West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Polling is being held for a total of 475 assembly constituencies.
While for West Bengal, the day marks the third in an eight-phase election, in Assam it is the third and final phase of voting. The remaining states/UT -Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are witnessing a single-phase polling.
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Voting underway across 475 seats in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bengal & Puducherry; know about today s assembly polls
The Tuesday voting is the single-phased assembly polls for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. And, for Assam, and Bengal, it is their third phase. However, Bengal has five more polling phases which will end on April 29
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Voting begins in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry for the legislative assembly elections on Tuesday.
The voting has begun in four states and one union territory for the legislative assembly elections on Tuesday. More than 20 crore people from West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry will cast their vote at 7 am on April 6.