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Congress leaders campaign in Assam’s Nagaon on March 9, 2021.
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BJP-led alliance said it also suffered a few setbacks because of the front of the CAA-sired Assam Jatiya Parishad and jailed activist Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal.
The regional front of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and jailed activist Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal (RD) could have been a factor in the failure of the Congress-led ‘Mahajot’ or grand alliance in dislodging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in Assam.
The BJP-led ‘Mitrajot’ (group of friends) won 75 of the 126 Assembly seats in the State while the ‘Mahajot’ had to settle with 50. Mr. Gogoi was the lone winner for the regional front that engaged in “friendly fight” in a few constituencies.
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As the BJP-led alliance won the polls, the state’s deep communal divide manifested itself in the result.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, not surprisingly, retained the state of Assam with a comfortable majority of seats (75) in the 126-seat house. However, this number was lower than its 2016 performance, when its alliance won 86 seats. In fact, the BJP-Asom Gana Parishad combine has kept losing a bit of ground over the past three elections, including the 2019 General Election.
Comparing alliances performance is not easy because their composition changes over time.
In 2016 and 2019, the Bodoland People’s Front was part of the National Democratic Alliance along with the BJP. In 2021, it contested alongside the Congress. This time, the Congress also entered an alliance with the All India United Democratic Front, which had contested on its own in previous elections. This year, the Congress coalition included eigh
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: In the run-up to the Assam Assembly election all odds were against the BJP – CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), NRC (National Register of Citizens), implementation of the Clause VI of the Assam AccNRC (National Register of Citizens), Assam Assembly electionord, granting ST status to six ethnic groups, failure in fixing tea labourers wage and what not. But, how the ruling alliance could sail against the wind during the poll is no magic wand.
An impression was given before the election that all such burning issues would spell disaster for the BJP. The anti-CAA agitation did rock upper Assam where the agitation against the government on the ST status was called from time to time. This is because most of the six ethnic communities like Tai Ahom, Moran, Mottocks, Chutia and others live in Upper Assam.
Assam Assembly Poll Titbits
The Assam Assembly poll, 2021, the results of which were declared on Sunday, has a few tidbits.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The Assam Assembly poll, 2021, the results of which were declared on Sunday, has a few tidbits.
Highest margin: Rafiqul Islam of the AIUDF won the Jania seat in the Barpeta district with the highest margin of 1,44,775 votes. He defeated his nearest BJP candidate Sahidul Islam. While Rafiqul polled 1,56,183 votes, Islam polled 11,408 votes.
Lowest margin: Congress candidates from Nazira LAC in Sivasagar district Debabrata Saikia won the seat by defeating his nearest BJP rival candidate Mayur Borgohain by the lowest margin of 683 votes in this Assembly poll.