Will Hagrama Mohilary’s popularity thwart the BJP’s political calculations in Bodoland?
The saffron party has tied up with the Bodo-centric United People’s Party to win the community’s support – but it may have met its match in the former militant. BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary addressing a public meeting in 2020. | Facebook
On a recent Sunday afternoon, the women committee of Badulipara, a village of ninety-three Bodo families in western Assam’s Chirang district, convened to elect its new office bearers (and eat a fish-and-rice lunch). The venue was a football field on the edge of which stood a “library” with no books.
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The Congress, in 2001, was the last mainstream party to win here
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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.
Will BPF s Hagrama Mohilary play key role in forming the next govt in Assam?
Will BPF s Hagrama Mohilary play key role in forming the next govt in Assam?
There is speculation that if BJP and its allies are unable to achieve the magic number to form government in Assam, BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary, now part of the Congress-led alliance, can become the kingmaker.
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UPDATED: April 4, 2021 20:32 IST
BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary can play a vital role in forming the BJP-led government in Assam.
With the end of the first and second phases of Assam assembly polls, both ruling and opposition parties have now shifted their
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