Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora resigns over party s poor performance in Assembly polls
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Congress Assam unit President Ripun Bora resigned on Sunday, taking moral responsibility to the party s defeat in the Assembly elections.
Bora, who is a Rajya Sabha member, himself also lost the election in the Gohpur Assembly seat to the Bharatiya Janata Party s Utpal Borah by a margin of 29,294 votes.
In his resignation letter to Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, Bora said that taking the responsibility for the party s humiliating defeat in the Assam Assembly election, he is stepping down from his post. I am extremely saddened and disheartened to inform you that despite my immense hard work, we were unable to combat the divisive and communal politics played by the BJP and RSS. Despite all the odds, I did the best in my capacity to revive the party during the last four years as President of Assam PCC, the 65-year-old leader said in his resignation letter.
BJP-led NDA retains power in Assam with less number of seats
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Guwahati, May 3 : The ruling BJP-led alliance, which returned to power in Assam for the second consecutive term, secured 11 seats less than the 2016 assembly polls. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the dominant partner of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), bagged 60 seats, similar to what it got five years ago. The NDA went on to finally win 75 seats in the 126 member assembly.
BJP s old ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) won nine seats against 14 seats that it won last time while its new partner United People s Party Liberal (UPPL) won six seats as the Bodoland based party for the first time contested the assembly elections.
Congress paid the price of pact with AIUDF in Assam: Experts (IANS Analysis)
By IANS| Published: 3rd May 2021 5:59 am IST
By Sujit Chakraborty
Guwahati, May 2 : The alliance with the AIUDF shattered Congress dream to capture power in Assam, though the grand old party performed better this time as compared to 2016, when it was defeated by the BJP after 15 years, experts and political commentators feel.
Political analysts categorically said that the Congress paid the price for the coalition with the Muslim-based body, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), in Assam.
Social activist and political commentator Ajoy Kumar Dutta said that the Congress tried to win the hearts of the people in Assam using the sentiments against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, but the Assamese and the indigenous people of the state could not accept the alliance with the AIUDF, led by perfume baron and Lok Sabha member Badruddin Ajmal.
Massive victory of BJP, allies for protection of Assam s culture and civilisation: Himanta Biswa Sarma
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When asked about opposition parties and their performance, he said, “We always want good and strong opposition for it is good for democracy however they must not be engaged in appeasement policy”.
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Assam finance Himanta Biswa Sarma said that massive victory of BJP and allies is for protection of culture and civilisation of Assam. People have reposed their trust on the development work initiated by Prime minister, Narendra Modi.
Two new parties hit our vote in Assam, say Congress leaders
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Guwahati, May 4 : The Congress on Monday claimed that two new local parties the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and the Raijor Dal (RD) - dented its vote in the Assam Assembly elections.
General Secretary in-charge of Assam, Jitendra Singh said that AJP and RD factor also helped the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to consolidate its position in eastern Assam, where polling was held in the first phase in 47 seats on March 27. The AJP and Raijor Dal need to do some soul searching on how they ended up helping the very forces that they were seeking to oppose, he told the media.