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Four Bodoland People’s Front council members join BJP ally in Assam
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The BPF is no longer the single largest party in the Bodoland Territorial Council
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The BPF is no longer the single largest party in the Bodoland Territorial Council A constituent of the Congress-led ‘Mahajot’ has suffered a setback in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) two days after the grand alliance failed to dislodge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies from power in Assam.
Four BTC members of the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) switched over to United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), an ally of the BJP, on Tuesday evening. This has stripped the BPF of its status as the single largest party in the council.
Hagrama Mohillary s BPF switched allegiance to the BJP only before the 2016 Assembly polls.
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Once known as a kingmaker in Assam politics, Hagrama Mohilary, the chief of the Bodoland People s Front (BPF), today formally returned to the Congress fold, joining the Mahajath or grand alliance led by the state s main opposition party. It is, technically, still in alliance with the BJP till the end of this Assembly s term, one that it had yesterday declared as dissolved. How can they (BJP) win when I am not on their side? We will have to see the exit of the BJP in Assam, said Mr Mohilary, addressing a joint press conference with Congress and other Mahajath participants units in Guwahati today.
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The United Progressive Alliance (UPA), led by Congress and consisting of the Left parties looks to regain power in the state with roping in Badruddin Ajmal s All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), which commands a significant support base among Muslims of Bengali descent.
The contention over the 1985 Assam Accord and National Register of Citizens (NRC), liely to be the hot debate during the elections.
The elections to the 126-member Assam assembly will be held in April-May 2021. The 2016 polls resulted in a fractured mandate and no party had an absolute majority.
The BJP is the single largest party with 60 MLAs, while its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and BPF have 14 and 12 lawmakers, respectively. The ruling coalition also has the support of an Independent MLA.
Bodo Territorial Council Floor Test today
The “Composite Floor Test” to elect the new CEM (Chief Executive Member) of the Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) will be held in Kokrajhar on Thursday.
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GUWAHATI: The Composite Floor Test to elect the new CEM (Chief Executive Member) of the Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) will be held in Kokrajhar on Thursday. With this, the fate of Pramod Boro will be decided. Boro had taken oath as the CEM of BTC in Kokrajhar on December 15.
The development follows after the Gauhati High Court on Tuesday ordered the Composite Floor Test on or before December 26, 2020. The Court issued this direction after hearing the writ petition filed by former BTC CEM Hagrama Mohilary and others challenging the appointments of Pramod Boro as the new CEM, Gobinda Basumatary as the Deputy CEM and four other Executive Members (EMs) by the Governor of Assam on December 13 and 14 last respectively.