GUWAHATI: Lok Sabha MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal on Monday mentioned an alliance with Congress to problem BJP in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls can't be ruled out.
"We are part of the antiBJP 18-party alliance led by Congress at the national level. I have attended four meetings of the alliance. AIUDF is noe actively planning to implement a protest programme in the state after the core committee of the alliance decided to expose the sufferings of the people on the first anniversary of demonetisation on November 8," Ajmal mentioned at the sidelines of AIUDF's basic council assembly right here.
Ajmal had floated the theory of an alliance with Congress in the run-up to the state meeting elections ultimate year, simplest to be rebuffed by the then chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
"All constituents of Bihar's mahagathbandhan, including Nitish Kumar, wanted to forge a similar alliance in Assam to defeat BJP. I tried my best to bring Congress into our fold so that we could bring together all anti-BJP forces. But the then chief minister Tarun Gogoi was opposed to my proposal and the alliance could not happen," the billionaire perfume baron-turned-politician mentioned.
Referring to the good fortune of the mahagathbandhan in Bihar, the place it could defeat BJP in 2015, and the subsequent failure of Congress in Assam, the place BJP got here to energy for the primary time, Ajmal mentioned, "The outcome of now not forming a grand alliance in Assam is known. BJP used to be ready to come to energy. This would now not occur had Gogoi thought to be our proposal.
Gogoi is to be blamed for allowing BJP to come to energy." This time, however, Ajmal is extra positive. "I am in touch with AICC president Sonia Gandhi as well as AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Since the formation of the 18-party anti-BJP alliance, my party has been actively taking part in their meetings. All secular forces have to come together if we have to defeat BJP," he mentioned.
"We are part of the antiBJP 18-party alliance led by Congress at the national level. I have attended four meetings of the alliance. AIUDF is noe actively planning to implement a protest programme in the state after the core committee of the alliance decided to expose the sufferings of the people on the first anniversary of demonetisation on November 8," Ajmal mentioned at the sidelines of AIUDF's basic council assembly right here.
Ajmal had floated the theory of an alliance with Congress in the run-up to the state meeting elections ultimate year, simplest to be rebuffed by the then chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
"All constituents of Bihar's mahagathbandhan, including Nitish Kumar, wanted to forge a similar alliance in Assam to defeat BJP. I tried my best to bring Congress into our fold so that we could bring together all anti-BJP forces. But the then chief minister Tarun Gogoi was opposed to my proposal and the alliance could not happen," the billionaire perfume baron-turned-politician mentioned.
Referring to the good fortune of the mahagathbandhan in Bihar, the place it could defeat BJP in 2015, and the subsequent failure of Congress in Assam, the place BJP got here to energy for the primary time, Ajmal mentioned, "The outcome of now not forming a grand alliance in Assam is known. BJP used to be ready to come to energy. This would now not occur had Gogoi thought to be our proposal.
Gogoi is to be blamed for allowing BJP to come to energy." This time, however, Ajmal is extra positive. "I am in touch with AICC president Sonia Gandhi as well as AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Since the formation of the 18-party anti-BJP alliance, my party has been actively taking part in their meetings. All secular forces have to come together if we have to defeat BJP," he mentioned.
AIUDF eyes alliance with Congress for 2019 Lok Sabha polls
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