New regional players queer pitch for major parties in Assam

Major political parties in Assam are cautious of the problem posed by a brand new regional entity, notably in jap Assam, dominated by indigenous communities.

The Congress, eager on wresting energy from the BJP and its regional allies, has been wooing the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) in addition to jailed peasants’ rights activist Akhil Gogoi’s celebration, Raijor Dal (RD). The focus is extra on AJP, thought of a stronger power than the RD.

The two have thus far resisted provides to affix the Congress-led grand alliance comprising All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) headed by fragrance baron and MP Badruddin Ajmal, the Anchalik Gana Morcha led by journalist-turned-Rajya Sabha member Ajit Kumar Bhuyan and three Left Front parties.

“We want all the regional forces to unit and maintain a distance from the national parties,” AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi mentioned, indicating that his celebration was inching nearer to a pre-poll alliance with RD.

Both the Congress and the BJP-led alliances have focused at the very least 100 of the 126 seats in the Assam Assembly with elections to be held by May. But they’re cautious of the AJP and RD denting their efficiency in about 45 seats throughout jap Assam.

The BJP has downplayed the perceived risk from both the AJP or RD or any alliance they could cobble up. “They are no factors at all,” senior BJP chief Pawan Sharma mentioned.

But the AJP, in explicit, is believed to have consolidated sufficient help to pose a problem to the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), the bigger of the 2 regional allies of the BJP.

The AGP and AJP have been born, 35 years aside, from the identical sub-nationalist teams avowedly towards “illegal immigrants” and cater to the identical units of voters. The AGP has been on overdrive for nearly two months to not let slip its help base.

“We have been connecting with our voters and our feedback is that we can maintain our position or do better,” AGP president Atul Bora mentioned.