The Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), part of the BJP-led Assam authorities, on Saturday mentioned it is going to be part of the ‘Grand Alliance’ helmed by the Congress to contest the upcoming meeting polls.
Welcoming the choice, Congress exuded confidence that the social gathering will come again to energy once more.
“To work for peace, unity and development, the BPF has decided to join hands with the ‘Mahajath’ in the forthcoming Assam Assembly elections,” its chief Hagrama Mohilary tweeted.
To work for Peace, Unity and Development the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) has determined to hitch arms with MAHAJATH within the forthcoming Assam Assembly Election. We shall not keep friendship or alliance with BJP.
— Hagrama Mohilary (@HagramaOn-line) February 27, 2021
The BPF will not keep any pleasant relation or alliance with the ruling BJP, he added.
“The Asom Basao Ahok Yatra has had such massive impact across the state that our old friends, the Bodoland People’s Front, could see which way the wind is blowing. Congress is coming and we are proud to partner with the BPF,” Congress Campaign Committee Chairman Pradyut Bordoloi mentioned.
The BJP had earlier mentioned it won’t have any alliance with its present ally BPF within the meeting polls.
The relations turned bitter through the current Bodoland Territorial Council elections, with the saffron social gathering dumping the BPF and forming the council authorities in alliance with the UPPL and GSP.
The Congress, which was in energy for 15 years in Assam since 2001, has shaped a ‘Grand Alliance’ with AIUDF, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) and Anchalik Gana Morcha (AGM) to contest the upcoming meeting elections.
Elections within the northeastern state can be performed in three phases — on March 27, April 1 and April 6.
