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Congress moves to keep Assam candidates together
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Party leaders hold closed-door meeting with candidates at Guwahati.
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Party leaders hold closed-door meeting with candidates at Guwahati.
After the candidates of one of its allies returned from Rajasthan on Friday in view of the COVID-19 surge, Congress has reportedly booked a few hotels across Assam to “insulate” its candidates from possible poaching by the BJP.
The candidates are expected to be kept out of bounds till the Assembly election results are declared on May 2.
On Saturday, senior Congress leaders assembled the party’s candidates at a hotel on the outskirts of Guwahati for a closed-door meeting. The party said one must not read too much into the meeting where only “general discussions” related to the day of counting were held.
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GUWAHATI: Apprehending poaching by the BJP, the Congress is trying to keep its Assam flocks together ahead of the declaration of Assembly election results on May 2.
The Congress leaders held a closed-door meeting with party candidates at a hotel on the outskirts of Guwahati on Saturday, so what transpired there was not known.
The party said one must not read too much into it as only “general discussions” were held on the preparation for the counting day. The meeting comes amidst reports that the Congress has plans to shift the candidates to some hotels in Guwahati, Tezpur, and Kaziranga on April 22 and keep them out of bounds from poachers.
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Assam polls: After almost a week s stay in Rajasthan, AIUDF candidates come back to AssamBy
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Fearing poaching these candidates were shifted to Rajasthan last week. However, with COVID-19 situation worsening these MLAS have returned to Assam.
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Candidate Aminul Islam said, “BJP may try to do horse trading. They have done so in Meghalaya, Manipur and Goa, so they may try again.”
After almost a week s stay in Congress ruled Rajasthan, Congress party’s ally All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has brought back its candidates to Assam on Friday.