The Election Commission heard the matter on Saturday in the presence of returning officer for the constituency Sanjiv Sarma, but no decision has been announced so far.
The Bodoland People s Front has approached the Supreme Court seeking extension in time for completion of election to the Tamulpur Assembly constituency in Assam scheduled to be held on 6th April.
Congress Assam Ally Moves Supreme Court To Postpone Tamulpur Polling BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary has also written to the Election Commission, and asked for permission to change his party s candidate for the Tamulpur seat
Updated: April 04, 2021 3:41 pm IST
Assam Election: Hagrama Mohilary s BPF, broke from the BJP and joined the Congress in February (File)
New Delhi/Guwahati:
Assam s Bodoland People s Front (BPF) moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking postponement of polling in Tamulpur, after its candidate - Rangja Khungur Basumatary - defected to the BJP less than a week before voting and after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations.
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 .