BJP stitches seat-sharing pact in Assam, allows more space to allies to make up for loss of BPF
BJP stitches seat-sharing pact in Assam, allows more space to allies to make up for loss of BPF
The BJP seems to have finalised the seat-sharing deal after multiple rounds of meetings with leaders of its alliance partners in Assam ahead of the assembly elections.
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Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal greets PM Modi during election meeting (PTI)
After multiple rounds of meetings with leaders of its alliance partners in Assam and its own state leaders, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have finally worked out a seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Assam Assembly election.
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New Delhi, March 2
With the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) snapping ties with the BJP and formally joining the Congress-led ‘Grand Alliance’ which also has Left and other parties the fight seems to be getting tougher for the ruling BJP in the run-up to the Assam elections.
Saffron leaders, however, have dismissed the development, instead slamming the Congress for its alliances with Muslim parties in West Bengal, Kerala, and Assam. They said the Congress stood exposed over its “lack of ideology”.
An ally of the BJP in the outgoing state government, the BPF recently announced its decision to opt-out of the NDA. BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary said, “to work for peace, unity and development the BPF has decided to join hands with ‘Mahajath’ in the forthcoming Assam Assembly Election. We shall no longer maintain friendship or alliance with BJP.”
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