A day after snapping ties with the ruling BJP, the Bodoland People s Front (BPF) on Sunday joined the Congress-led grand alliance to fight the Assembly polls against the saffron party with the Mahagathbandhan leaders urging the other local parties to join it. The leaders of the Mahagathbandhan said on Sunday that its chief ministerial candidate would be decided in consultation with the other constituents of the alliance after the Assembly elections are over. With the joining of the BPF led by vteran tribal leader Hagrama Mohilary, the number of parties in the grand alliance rose to seven. AICC Secretary Anirudh Singh told the media that with the joining of the BPF in the Congress-led grand alliance, the aspirations of the people of Assam are about to find a voice.
Hagrama Mohillary s BPF switched allegiance to the BJP only before the 2016 Assembly polls.
Guwahati:
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.
Express News Service
GUWAHATI: Taking a jibe at the BJP, its estranged ally Bodoland People s Front (BPF), which joined the Congress-led grand alliance of opposition parties on Saturday, said party conglomerate will be able to form the next government in Assam without having to poach MLAs from other parties. We will form the next government without borrowing MLAs. You have seen it in BTC (Bodoland Territorial Council) elections. MLAs were kidnapped and taken to Shillong and Hotel Lily in Guwahati, insurgent leader-turned-politician and BPF president Hagrama Mohilary said on Sunday at a joint press conference of the grand alliance.
Exuding confidence that the coalition will get absolute majority in the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, he said it would drive out the ruling BJP and save the state.