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  • The new opposition | Miles to go

    An bold nationwide alliance-building train to problem PM Modi and the BJP in 2024 takes child steps. But many contradictions nonetheless want ironing out

    ISSUE DATE: Jul 10, 2023 | UPDATED: Jun 30, 2023 16:10 IST

    COME TOGETHER: Leaders of the assorted events on the Patna meet, June 23 (Photo: Ranjan Rahi)

    It got here after a lot cogitation, lots of pre-nuptial bargaining and a minimum of one false begin. But the muhurat lastly got here on June 23, when all of 32 leaders from 15 events—former and present chief ministers amongst them—converged on Patna. They had one widespread mission: dislodging the Narendra Modi-led BJP authorities on the Centre within the 2024 common election. Convened by Bihar chief minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, its acknowledged goal was to “save Indian democracy” from Modi’s “fascist, autocratic regime”. West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee took the mic to subject a dire warning: “If the BJP wins the next [Lok Sabha] election, India may no longer exist in the futureâ€æthere will be no more elections.”

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    Arindam Mukherjee

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    Jun 30, 2023

  • Assam MP Badruddin Ajmal asks Hindus to undertake ‘Muslim components’ of early marriage, FIRs filed

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: Assam MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal stirred a hornet’s nest together with his remarks that the Hindus ought to marry at a younger age, to allow them to have extra kids just like the Muslims.

    “Muslim boys get married at 22 while Muslim girls do it at 18. The Hindus keep one to three illegal wives till the age of 40 years and they do not allow babies to be born. They save money and enjoy,” Ajmal instructed a information channel in Assam’s Karimganj on Friday. 

    The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief continued in the identical vein, “They marry after 40 years when forced by the parents or for other reasons. How can you expect to have more children if you marry at such an age? When you plough a fertile land and on time, you get a good harvest.”

    Suggesting that the Hindus undertake the “Muslim formula”, the Dhubri MP stated they need to prepare the wedding of their little kids after they attain the age of 20-22 years and 18-20 years respectively. 

    In the wake of the protests, Ajmal withdrew his assertion. “If what I said has hurt the sentiments of anybody, I take back my statement,” he instructed journalists on Saturday.

    At least two FIRs had been filed in opposition to him in Guwahati and Hailakandi.

    Ajmal additionally made some alleged offensive remarks on “love jihad” concentrating on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The ruling BJP and opposition events at the moment are going for his jugular.

    ALSO READ | Headmaster in Assam wields machete at school, despatched on depart

    “Ajmal is a contemporary edition of the harem culture of the Mughals, the Sultans and the Khiljis. In the medieval era, the Muslim aggressors built harems after killing Hindu men. Ajmal is trying to continue that culture,” BJP Assam spokesman Ranjib Kumar Sarma stated.

    BJP MLA Diganta Kalita likened Ajmal to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and stated the Assamese society would by no means settle for the Arabic tradition. 

    The AIUDF chief made the remarks quickly after the CM had acquired an interim report from the Commission for Review & Assessment of Problems of Satra Land. Satras are Vaishnavite prayer centres and their lands are underneath encroachment.

    Kalita discovered a hyperlink between Ajmal’s assertion and the latter’s vote-bank politics. “We all know that the Satra lands have been encroached upon by the migrant Muslims. Ajmal targeted the CM to protect his vote banks,” Kalita stated.

    The Congress stated the police ought to suo moto register a case in opposition to Ajmal for his try to interrupt regulation and order.

    “I am surprised why organisations, which champion the cause of the Hindus, have not yet filed a case against him. We cannot tolerate such a communal statement that he made to counter our CM’s remarks on love jihad during the Gujarat election campaign,” Congress MLA and chief of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia stated.

    The Trinamool Congress registered its protest by burning Ajmal’s effigy in Guwahati. Calling him an agent of the BJP, the Trinamool demanded his arrest for insulting the Hindus and making an attempt to incite violence.

    GUWAHATI: Assam MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal stirred a hornet’s nest together with his remarks that the Hindus ought to marry at a younger age, to allow them to have extra kids just like the Muslims.

    “Muslim boys get married at 22 while Muslim girls do it at 18. The Hindus keep one to three illegal wives till the age of 40 years and they do not allow babies to be born. They save money and enjoy,” Ajmal instructed a information channel in Assam’s Karimganj on Friday. 

    The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief continued in the identical vein, “They marry after 40 years when forced by the parents or for other reasons. How can you expect to have more children if you marry at such an age? When you plough a fertile land and on time, you get a good harvest.”

    Suggesting that the Hindus undertake the “Muslim formula”, the Dhubri MP stated they need to prepare the wedding of their little kids after they attain the age of 20-22 years and 18-20 years respectively. 

    In the wake of the protests, Ajmal withdrew his assertion. “If what I said has hurt the sentiments of anybody, I take back my statement,” he instructed journalists on Saturday.

    At least two FIRs had been filed in opposition to him in Guwahati and Hailakandi.

    Ajmal additionally made some alleged offensive remarks on “love jihad” concentrating on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The ruling BJP and opposition events at the moment are going for his jugular.

    ALSO READ | Headmaster in Assam wields machete at school, despatched on depart

    “Ajmal is a contemporary edition of the harem culture of the Mughals, the Sultans and the Khiljis. In the medieval era, the Muslim aggressors built harems after killing Hindu men. Ajmal is trying to continue that culture,” BJP Assam spokesman Ranjib Kumar Sarma stated.

    BJP MLA Diganta Kalita likened Ajmal to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and stated the Assamese society would by no means settle for the Arabic tradition. 

    The AIUDF chief made the remarks quickly after the CM had acquired an interim report from the Commission for Review & Assessment of Problems of Satra Land. Satras are Vaishnavite prayer centres and their lands are underneath encroachment.

    Kalita discovered a hyperlink between Ajmal’s assertion and the latter’s vote-bank politics. “We all know that the Satra lands have been encroached upon by the migrant Muslims. Ajmal targeted the CM to protect his vote banks,” Kalita stated.

    The Congress stated the police ought to suo moto register a case in opposition to Ajmal for his try to interrupt regulation and order.

    “I am surprised why organisations, which champion the cause of the Hindus, have not yet filed a case against him. We cannot tolerate such a communal statement that he made to counter our CM’s remarks on love jihad during the Gujarat election campaign,” Congress MLA and chief of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia stated.

    The Trinamool Congress registered its protest by burning Ajmal’s effigy in Guwahati. Calling him an agent of the BJP, the Trinamool demanded his arrest for insulting the Hindus and making an attempt to incite violence.

  • 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.

  • Congress claims cross-voting by AIUDF in Assam Rajya Sabha polls

    By PTI

    GUWAHATI: The Congress on Saturday alleged that the AIUDF indulged in cross-voting within the recently-held Rajya Sabha election in Assam and forged their vote in favour of the ruling BJP-led alliance’s candidates, ensuing within the defeat of the Opposition’s joint nominee.

    Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia, addressing a press convention right here, stated, “We want to clarify that out of 27 Congress MLAs, 25 voted for our joint candidate. One vote was disqualified while another one voted for the ruling alliance’s candidate.”

    The disqualified vote was from Siddique Ahmed and the opposite was from Sashi Kanta Das, who had already declared that he would assist the ruling alliance’s candidates.

    Both MLAs have been suspended from the Congress.

    Election for 2 Rajya Sabha seats from Assam was held on Thursday with the ruling alliance’s candidates, Pabitra Margherita and Rwngra Narzary, rising winners towards outgoing MP and the Opposition’s joint nominee Ripun Bora.

    Margherita polled 46 votes and Narzary 44, whereas Bora managed simply 35 votes.

    All 126 members of the Assembly had voted, with one vote being disqualified.

    Saikia claimed that each one the remaining 25 Congress MLAs voted for Bora as did the lone CPI(M) MLA and Independent legislator, accounting for whole 27 out of 35 votes that Bora acquired.

    “The party that had assured of 15 votes gave only eight in our favour and the rest went elsewhere,” he stated, apparently referring to the AIUDF which has 15 members within the House and had introduced its assist for Bora’s candidature.

    Saikia additionally pointed that the Congress has moved a breach of privilege movement within the state Assembly over BJP legislators’ purported remarks inside in addition to outdoors the House that Congress MLAs had voted for the ruling alliance’s candidates.

    “The Speaker has assured us of looking into it,” he added.

    The senior Congress chief questioned the AIUDF naming its agent for the election with out consulting the opposite events within the Opposition camp.

    “They mysteriously announced their polling agent without even informing us. Why they did it is a riddle to me,” he stated.

    Saikia maintained that the Congress’ agent for the polls, Prithviraj Sathe, was named by the occasion’s central management, which was authorised by the state’s legislature occasion to appoint the polling agent.

  • RS polls in Assam: Can Congress maintain its flock collectively?

    Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: The March 31 elections to 2 Rajya Sabha seats in Assam will likely be a problem for the weakened Congress to maintain its flock collectively.

    It is contesting in a single seat and backed by the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF). BJP and its ally United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) – each parts of the state’s ruling coalition – are contesting in a single seat every. The ruling facet has the help of Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland People’s Front.

    The Congress requires the votes of 42 MLAs and it claims to have 44 MLAs on its facet. Two of them are, nevertheless, beneath suspension. Of the 2, one – Sashi Kanta Das – stated the long run is all the time unsure and he could possibly be sick on the day of elections.

    The BJP-UPPL mix has the votes of 82 MLAs – two in need of the required quantity to win each seats. If there isn’t a cross-voting, BJP and Congress will win one seat every. However, some statements and actions of the ruling facet elevated Congress’ worries.

    Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the home of Das lately, a lot to the chagrin of the Congress. Das is kind of with the BJP.

    Despite not having the required numbers, Sarma had asserted the ruling coalition would win each seats. But the Congress slammed him in addition to Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary for his or her alleged makes an attempt to resort to horse-trading.

    On a couple of event, Daimary stated MLAs don’t get disqualified for cross-voting – an announcement criticised by Pradesh Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah.

    “Biswajit Daimary has insulted the Speaker’s chair. We have received complaints from our MLAs that he is inciting them for cross-voting,” Borah alleged.

    Another state Congress chief Rituparno Konwar stated Daimary’s motion didn’t behove of the Speaker.

    “It is unfortunate that he insulted a constitutional post. A Speaker should be unbiased. He or she should not behave like an agent of the Chief Minister or any party. He is the guardian of the Assembly and he should behave responsibly,” the Congress chief stated.

    Given Sarma’s political acumen in dealing with such conditions, there’s a notion that some MLAs of the Opposition may get influenced by the BJP. However, the Congress claimed its MLAs had been intact.

    “None of our MLAs will vote for the candidates of ruling parties,” Konwar stated.

    The AIUDF stated it will subject a three-line whip to its MLAs to vote in favour of the Congress candidate Ripun Bora, who’s in search of re-election. Pabitra Margherita and Rwngwra Narzary are the candidates of BJP and UPPL respectively.

  • Rajya Sabha biennial election: AIUDF to assist Congress candidate Ripun Bora

    By ANI

    GUWAHATI: Ahead of the Rajya Sabha biennial election on March 31, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has determined to assist Congress candidate Ripun Bora, stated AIUDF MLA and celebration General Secretary Aminul Islam. “All opposition parties are confident that, the candidate of the opposition will win one seat,” Islam advised ANI.

    “We went to Delhi, where we had a meeting with Congress high command. We had meetings with two general secretaries of the AICC, Jitendra Singh and KC Venugopal. Sonia Gandhi requested AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal to support Congress. We agreed to support the Congress candidate,” he added.

    Elections to 4 Rajya Sabha seats in three Northeastern states – two seats in Assam and one every in Tripura and Nagaland might be held on March 31, the Election Commission had introduced earlier this month.

    Earlier on Saturday, Congress has named Rajya Sabha MP and former Assam president of the celebration Ripun Bora and Kerala Pradesh Mahila Congress president Jeby Mather for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha from Assam and Kerala respectively.

    Earlier this month the apex ballot physique had introduced polls to fill 13 Rajya Sabha seats throughout six states falling vacant in April. These embrace Assam (two seats), Himachal (one seat), Nagaland (one seat), Tripura (one seat) and Kerala (three seats). Apart from this 5 seats from Punjab are additionally falling vacant with 5 members from the state retiring on April 9.

    Scrutiny of nominations will happen on March 22. The final date for withdrawal of candidatures has been scheduled on March 24. The counting of votes of the ballot scheduled on March 31 will happen on the day of polling from 5 pm onwards.

  • Those who sit with Ajmal, can they cease infiltration: Shah

    UNION HOME Minister Amit Shah on Thursday slammed the opposition Congress, claiming that it joined forces with Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF in Assam due to its “lust for power”. He additionally mentioned that two new regional events, which tied up lately for the upcoming polls, have been shaped by “andolanjeevis” to assist the Congress by reducing the ruling BJP’s votes.
    He mentioned solely a BJP-led authorities could make Assam freed from corruption, protests and infiltrators, and promised to carry to an finish the menace of heavy floods within the state yearly.
    Addressing a rally in Nagaon district, Shah mentioned, “The Congress is seen only when there are elections. Otherwise, they are indulging in merriment in Delhi. Moreover, in this election, an unique thing is being seen. Those who do ‘andolans’ have come up with new names to help that Congress party, which had fired at and killed Assamese youth during the Assam movement, win elections … Their aim is to help the Congress win… They know they can’t form the government — but it is very sad that they are helping the Congress by trying to cut the BJP’s votes.”

    Shah continued, “Those who sit with Ajmal, can they stop infiltration?… Can they save the rhinos of Assam from being poached?… To win Assam elections, you will come with Badruddin Ajmal and you dare to talk of saving Assam?”
    “The Congress talks about providing security when it is joining hands with Ajmal. It’s only because of its lust for power that it has joined hands with Ajmal,” mentioned Shah.
    “The andolanjeevis have formed new parties. They don’t know that the party which works for Assam’s integrity — the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) — is with us… The BJP and the AGP will win together win more than 2/3 seats in the coming elections and form the government… Give us five more years, we will make Assam the number one state in the country,” he mentioned.
    Shah’s reference underlines the genesis of two new events – the Assam Jatiya Parishad and the Raijor Dal – from the huge anti-CAA protests that rocked the state in 2019. The two events will contest the elections collectively.
    The Congress and Ajmal-led AIUDF, along with three Left events and a regional get together, have introduced a grand alliance towards the BJP within the polls, anticipated in April.
    In Nagaon’s Bordowa, Shah additionally inaugurated a mission to beautify the birthplace of famend Vaishnavite saint-reformer Srimanta Sankardeva. He additionally extolled the values and classes imparted by Sankardeva.

    At a separate occasion in Karbi Anglong district, Shah mentioned that because of the efforts of the central and the state governments peace has returned to Assam. He was referring to the give up of 1,040 militants of 5 militant teams of Karbi Anglong district at an occasion in Guwahati on Tuesday.

  • Nothing incorrect in tie up with AIUDF, get together not communal: Assam Cong chief

    Written by Asim Kamal
    Slamming the BJP for its criticism of his get together’s alliance with the AIUDF for the upcoming state polls, Congress’ Assam unit chief Ripun Bora on Monday mentioned there was nothing incorrect in aligning with the Badruddin Ajmal-led outfit because it was not communal and can’t be thought to be an “untouchable”.
    Bora additionally mentioned that “winds of change” had been blowing in Assam and expressed confidence that the Congress, together with its allies — the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the CPI, the CPI(M), the CPI(ML) and the Anchalik Gana Morcha — will win over 101 out of the 126 Assembly seats within the polls probably in March-April.
    In an interview with PTI, Bora mentioned it was not the Congress’ conference to announce a chief ministerial face prematurely and the get together will determine on who would be the chief minister solely after elections.

    The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief lashed out on the BJP for attacking the Congress over its alliance with the AIUDF, saying that whereas the BJP had up to now aligned with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, it was questioning the Congress’ tie-up with the Ajmal-led get together.
    “The BJP people aligned with the PDP which does not accept the Indian flag. Aligning with that party is not an offence, but the Congress aligning with the AIUDF in Assam is an offence,” he requested.
    In Assam, the BJP is sharing energy with the AIUDF in at the very least three Zila Parishad districts, Bora argued.
    “What is the harm in aligning with the AIUDF, they are not unconstitutional, they are not untouchable. How can you say they are communal. If you respect your own religion, you are not communal. The BJP is communal,” he alleged.
    The BJP is targeted on communalisation, however for the folks of Assam, the principle challenge is to avoid wasting the state due to the best way the BJP and the RSS have attacked the identification, tradition and heritage of Assam by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Bora mentioned.
    The CAA goes to destroy the whole social cloth of Assam, it’ll divide the folks and create communal disturbance in addition to battle between completely different castes, communities and religions within the state, he alleged, including that the CAA is not going to serve any function for the folks.
    “The CAA will bring threat to the language and to the existence of the culture of the people of Assam. Therefore, even though the BJP has declared that after elections they are going to implement the CAA, but we in the Congress have said that after the election if our Congress party comes to power, we will not allow the implementation of the CAA in Assam,” Bora mentioned.
    On Sunday at a rally right here, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had additionally mentioned his get together will shield each precept of the Assam Accord and won’t let the CAA be carried out if voted to energy within the upcoming meeting polls.
    Bora additionally hit out on the BJP over the problem of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, saying it has been an extended standing demand of Assam however the BJP has stopped the NRC after ultimate publication.
    The Congress’ stand is evident that the NRC, the ultimate listing which has come out with 3.11 crore folks of Assam, ought to be accepted, Bora mentioned.
    “Secondly, side by side we have said that 19 lakh names which are not there, all of them are not foreigners, most of them are Indians, we have demanded that those people as per the rule of NRC should be given an opportunity of appealing before court so that they can prove themselves as Indian citizens,” he mentioned.
    Asked when the seat sharing association between the Congress and its allies shall be finalised, Bora mentioned he can’t share the small print of inside deliberations however it will likely be sealed quickly.
    Some small disputes and variations are there which shall be sorted out, he mentioned.
    Bora additionally mentioned the alliance will “very soon” come out with an attraction to the folks elaborating the problems for which the six events have come on a standard platform, including that the CPI(M) has some reservations about calling it a ‘common minimum programme’.
    Asked if a chief ministerial face shall be introduced, Bora mentioned the Congress conference is that it doesn’t undertaking a CM.
    “It is a party of internal democracy. So the party will decide who will be chief minister only after elections, that is the democratic way. It is not only the case with Assam but in other states also the party has followed this,” he asserted.
    On the Congress’ probabilities within the upcoming Assembly polls, he mentioned the “winds of change are blowing” within the state and there’s a “tremendous undercurrent” in favour of the Congress and its allies.

    “People are scared of coming out openly (against the BJP) as they are being threatened and blackmailed that if you go with the Congress you will not get benefits,” he alleged.
    Accusing the BJP of creating false guarantees, Bora mentioned the folks of Assam are feeling a “sense of betrayal”, realising that the ruling get together has solely been making “false promises”.
    The six party-alliance is not going to simply get a transparent majority however is assured of getting 101 plus seats, Bora mentioned.

    The APCC has introduced that it’ll contest the forthcoming state polls in alliance with 5 events the AIUDF, the CPI, the CPI(M), the CPI(ML) and the Anchalik Gana Morcha to oust the ruling BJP from energy.

  • Cong-AIUDF will open all gates to welcome infiltrators: Shah at first ballot rally in Assam

    Image Source : AMIT SHAH/TWITTER Cong-AIUDF will open all gates to welcome infiltrators: Shah at first ballot rally in Assam
    Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress-AIUDF will open “all gates” to welcome infiltrators if voted to energy. Addressing his first election rally in poll-bound Assam, Shah stated the Congress rule within the state gave solely bloodshed, through which 1000’s of youth misplaced their lives. 
    “Can Congress and Badruddin Ajmal keep Assam free from infiltration? If they come to power, they will open all gates to welcome them, because it is their vote bank,” he stated.
    Only the BJP authorities led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi can shield the state from infiltration from the neighbouring nation, Shah stated at a public rally in Nalbari. 
    The Congress social gathering has entered right into a grand alliance with AIUDF, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) and Anchalik Gana Morcha (AGM) to combat the upcoming meeting election, which is predicted to be held in March-April. 
    Launching an assault on the Congress social gathering, Shah stated it continued the British coverage of divide and rule. “They created a divide between Adivasis and non-Adivasis. Assamese people and hill people, Bodos and non-Bodos. In 20 years there was only bloodshed and 10,000 Assamese youths were killed by bullets fired by the Congress,” he stated. 

    Urging the individuals to vote for the BJP, Shah promised if the social gathering involves energy, Assam will probably be bullet-free, agitation-free and flood-free.”
    Shah additionally slammed the Congress for its fixed criticism that the BJP is a communal entrance and stated,”Congress alleges us to be communal, but it has allied with Muslim League in Kerala and AIUDF in Assam. “One factor is certain, Assam just isn’t protected within the fingers of Congress and AIUDF.” (With PTI inputs)
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