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GUWAHATI: An erstwhile faction of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) is being revived in Assam by some former AGP leaders who stand opposed to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
The AGP (Progressive) or AGP-P, which got assimilated into the parent party along with some other splinter factions of the party in 2008, is likely to contest the upcoming Assembly elections.
The AGP-P was the brainchild of two-time former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. He had floated it in September 2005 in protest against his expulsion by the party.
Despite being the AGP’s founder-president, he has remained cornered in the AGP for the past few years. Speculations are rife the AGP will not field him this election. He has been representing the Barhampur seat since 1985. He is undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.
MLA Pabindra Deka quits Asom Gana Parishad
Pabindra Deka – former Minister and three times legislator from the Patacharkuchi Constituency of Barpeta district – has quit the AGP (Asom Gana Parishad).
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Pabindra Deka – former Minister and three times legislator from the Patacharkuchi Constituency of Barpeta district – has quit the AGP (Asom Gana Parishad). The present MLA tendered his papers to party president Atul Bora on Tuesday.
Talking to the media at his quarter in the MLAs hostel in Dispur, Deka said, I ve resigned from the primary membership of
AGP on several grounds. The party has failed to reflect the burning issues of the State. Above all, the AGP is presently working at the dictates of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party).