Congress Demands Suspension of Polls in Tamulpur Constituency after BPF candidate joins BJP
Tamulpur Assembly constituency will go to polls on April 6 in the three-phased Assam Assembly elections, 2021.
| 4 April 2021 9:12 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: In a recent political development, the Congress party has demanded the suspension of polls in the Tamulpur constituency, after its ally Bodoland People s Front (BPF) candidate from the seat- Rangja Khungur Basumatary joined the BJP in the middle of the ongoing polls.
As per reports, Rangja Khungur Basumatary alias Ram Das Basumatary met Assam Cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Wednesday evening following which he tweeted that Basumatary express(ed) his desire to join BJP and retire from the election .
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The Congress, in 2001, was the last mainstream party to win here
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Artists perform during Prime Minister Narendra Modi s election in Assam’s Baksa district on April 3, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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The Congress, in 2001, was the last mainstream party to win here The BJP has pulled out all the stops to penetrate Bodoland, a region that has been out of bounds for mainstream political parties for 15 years.
The Congress was the last mainstream party to win two of the 12 seats across the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), comprising Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar and Udalguri districts, in 2001. It refrained from contesting any seat in the region in the next election because of its alliance with the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), which befriended the BJP ahead of the 2016 election before returning to the Congress camp in 2021.
Assam Assembly elections | Candidate quits Mahajot constituent BPF
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He was in the fray for Tamulpur seat, one of 12 across Bodoland Territorial Region
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He was in the fray for Tamulpur seat, one of 12 across Bodoland Territorial Region
In what is seen as a setback for the Congress-led
Mahajot, or grand alliance, a candidate has reportedly quit the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) ahead of the third phase of polling across 40 seats in western and parts of central Assam.
The BPF fielded Rangja Khungur Basumatary from the Tamulpur constituency, one of 12 across the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). The BPF is one of 10 parties in the