The Telegraph | | Published 07.02.21, 01:32 AM
While the Bharatiya Janata Party’s overdrive to wrest West Bengal from Mamata Banerjee is frequently making the headlines, the ruling party is not taking it easy in poll-bound Assam either. This in spite of the fact that it is much stronger in terms of organization and winnability than in 2016 when it unseated the well-entrenched Congress. With anti-BJP forces closing ranks, the ruling party, too, has unleashed a publicity, development and largesse blitzkrieg to neutralize the Opposition’s narrative of the BJP being a threat to Assamese identity. Every other day something or the other is launched or inaugurated at massive rallies; every 10 days or so a senior leader visits and attends well-staged rallies to fan the buzz around the party which has set a target to win more than 100 of the 126 seats. The prime minister
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MLC Adagur H Vishwanath said he would soon release a book
Bombay Days a tell-all account of what transpired at Mumbai during Operation Kamala-2 .
Speaking to the media in Hubballi on Friday, he said the book would detail the conversations between Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and the 17 rebel MLAs. The incidents unfolding over the past three days have hurt me. The BJP government which came to power in the state based on the sacrifice made by the 17 rebel MLAs has not kept its word, he said, adding that the book will spill the beans on all the issues that led to the 17 MLAs rebelling against their parties and what we were assured by the BJP leaders then.