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 .
India News: GUWAHATI: Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary on Thursday joined the BJP ahead of the third phase of poll in Assam when t.
Assam polls: Congress demands EC to probe disappearance of BPF candidate ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 22:15 IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 1 (ANI): A day after a candidate of Congress ally Bodoland People s Front (BPF) from Tamulpur constituency went untraceable amid Assam assembly elections, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday demanded the Election Commission (EC) to probe the matter.
He further alleged that since the BJP did not have the courage to win the elections democratically, it is using undemocratic means to do so.
Stating that the BJP and the Assam government are answerable for the BPF candidate s sudden disappearance, Tewari demanded the Election Commission (EC) to probe the matter.
Bodoland Peoples Front candidate joins BJP in the midst of polls in Assam
BPF is an ally of the opposition Congress in Assam, where two out of the slated three phased poll got over on Thursday.
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GUWAHATI: Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary Thursday joined BJP ahead of the third phase of poll in Assam when the constituency in which he is a contestant is slated to go to the poll.
Basumatary had reportedly gone missing for two days and at around midnight on Wednesday, senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma had tweeted that he had met the BPF candidate, who would join the saffron party.