Assam: BJP gaining from minority-based AIUDF’s existence, says Congress

By Express News Service

GUWAHATI: The Congress in Assam believes it might regain its misplaced floor if individuals begin rejecting the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF).

The Congress mentioned the AIUDF was largely answerable for the expansion of the BJP-RSS in Assam.

Recently, AIUDF chief and Lok Sabha member Maulana Badruddin Ajmal had despatched feelers to the Congress for an alliance however it spurned the supply. The Congress accused the AIUDF of working on the behest of the saffron celebration.

Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah mentioned the AIUDF and the BJP have been the 2 sides of the identical coin.

“The Congress will do everything possible to ensure the defeat of the AIUDF in the Dhubri seat in the next Lok Sabha elections. People who participated in the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra in Dhubri told me they are with us as we rejected Ajmal’s offer to align with the AIUDF,” Borah informed journalists. 

Ajmal, additionally a fragrance baron, is the Dhubri MP.

“People want us not to align with the AIUDF. The AIUDF is the BJP’s elixir. The growth of the BJP-RSS in Assam started ever since the birth of the AIUDF (in 2005). The BJP will suffer an existential crisis the day people start rejecting the AIUDF,” Borah mentioned.

Two days in the past, Ajmal had made a vitriolic assault on the Congress, claiming that the celebration’s state leaders don’t communicate up in opposition to the BJP as they recurrently obtain cash from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who additionally sponsors their international journeys.

The BJP pilloried each events. “They have a tacit understanding but they pretend they are at loggerheads with each other. It was apparent in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when the AIUDF did not set up candidates in certain seats to ensure the Congress gets the minority votes,” BJP spokesperson Rupam Goswami mentioned.

Ahead of final yr’s Assembly elections, the Congress had taken the lead within the formation of a grand alliance of opposition events. The fundamental concept was to thwart the division of anti-BJP votes. The AIUDF was a key part of the formation.

It labored in favour of the AIUDF, which holds sway within the Muslim-majority seats however backfired for the Congress within the Assamese-majority seats. Many within the state, who view the AIUDF because the “protector” of the migrant Muslims, had rejected the Congress.

After the outcomes have been declared, Congress and the AIUDF had fallen aside. They blamed one another for failing to stop the BJP from retaining energy.

GUWAHATI: The Congress in Assam believes it might regain its misplaced floor if individuals begin rejecting the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF).

The Congress mentioned the AIUDF was largely answerable for the expansion of the BJP-RSS in Assam.

Recently, AIUDF chief and Lok Sabha member Maulana Badruddin Ajmal had despatched feelers to the Congress for an alliance however it spurned the supply. The Congress accused the AIUDF of working on the behest of the saffron celebration.

Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah mentioned the AIUDF and the BJP have been the 2 sides of the identical coin.

“The Congress will do everything possible to ensure the defeat of the AIUDF in the Dhubri seat in the next Lok Sabha elections. People who participated in the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra in Dhubri told me they are with us as we rejected Ajmal’s offer to align with the AIUDF,” Borah informed journalists. 

Ajmal, additionally a fragrance baron, is the Dhubri MP.

“People want us not to align with the AIUDF. The AIUDF is the BJP’s elixir. The growth of the BJP-RSS in Assam started ever since the birth of the AIUDF (in 2005). The BJP will suffer an existential crisis the day people start rejecting the AIUDF,” Borah mentioned.

Two days in the past, Ajmal had made a vitriolic assault on the Congress, claiming that the celebration’s state leaders don’t communicate up in opposition to the BJP as they recurrently obtain cash from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who additionally sponsors their international journeys.

The BJP pilloried each events. “They have a tacit understanding but they pretend they are at loggerheads with each other. It was apparent in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when the AIUDF did not set up candidates in certain seats to ensure the Congress gets the minority votes,” BJP spokesperson Rupam Goswami mentioned.

Ahead of final yr’s Assembly elections, the Congress had taken the lead within the formation of a grand alliance of opposition events. The fundamental concept was to thwart the division of anti-BJP votes. The AIUDF was a key part of the formation.

It labored in favour of the AIUDF, which holds sway within the Muslim-majority seats however backfired for the Congress within the Assamese-majority seats. Many within the state, who view the AIUDF because the “protector” of the migrant Muslims, had rejected the Congress.

After the outcomes have been declared, Congress and the AIUDF had fallen aside. They blamed one another for failing to stop the BJP from retaining energy.