GUWAHATI: Amid threats of withdrawal from the ruling alliance by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, BJP's in control of Assam, Ram Madhav, on Saturday mentioned his birthday celebration favours continuation of the partnership in long term.
After a birthday celebration assembly with AGP chief Brindaban Goswami at the Tezpur circuit area, the BJP nationwide basic secretary mentioned, "BJP and AGP together fought the assembly elections in 2016. We are together in the state government now. We may have contested the panchayat elections separately but we are still partners. We are of the view that this partnership continues in the future too, But it hasto be mutually agreed upon."
Madhav's assembly with Goswami comes after state BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass met birthday celebration president Amit Shah in New Delhi a few weeks in the past. Dass briefed Shah about the birthday celebration's just right performance in panchayat polls and likewise about the pressure in ties with AGP. AGP president Atul Borah went on record announcing mentioned his birthday celebration will smash the alliance with BJP if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 is passed in Parliament. He mentioned this resolution of the birthday celebration has been conveyed to BJP.
The bill that makes Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh eligible for citizenship is going against the spirit of the Assam Accord of 1985, which later gave beginning to AGP.
On the eve of the next Lok Sabha election, Assam is burning again with popular protests against the bill. The bill has created problems inside the ruling alliance within the state. "We will go by the Assam Accord...no citizenship to anyone who has entered Assam after March 24, 1971, whether he is Muslim or Hindu or from any other religion," mentioned the AGP president, who could also be the agriculture minister.
The bill has created a divide between Bengali-speaking and Assamese-speaking other folks of the state and has additionally received a cold shoulder from other NE states as smartly.
After a birthday celebration assembly with AGP chief Brindaban Goswami at the Tezpur circuit area, the BJP nationwide basic secretary mentioned, "BJP and AGP together fought the assembly elections in 2016. We are together in the state government now. We may have contested the panchayat elections separately but we are still partners. We are of the view that this partnership continues in the future too, But it hasto be mutually agreed upon."
Madhav's assembly with Goswami comes after state BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass met birthday celebration president Amit Shah in New Delhi a few weeks in the past. Dass briefed Shah about the birthday celebration's just right performance in panchayat polls and likewise about the pressure in ties with AGP. AGP president Atul Borah went on record announcing mentioned his birthday celebration will smash the alliance with BJP if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 is passed in Parliament. He mentioned this resolution of the birthday celebration has been conveyed to BJP.
The bill that makes Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh eligible for citizenship is going against the spirit of the Assam Accord of 1985, which later gave beginning to AGP.
On the eve of the next Lok Sabha election, Assam is burning again with popular protests against the bill. The bill has created problems inside the ruling alliance within the state. "We will go by the Assam Accord...no citizenship to anyone who has entered Assam after March 24, 1971, whether he is Muslim or Hindu or from any other religion," mentioned the AGP president, who could also be the agriculture minister.
The bill has created a divide between Bengali-speaking and Assamese-speaking other folks of the state and has additionally received a cold shoulder from other NE states as smartly.
Want AGP-BJP partnership to continue, says BJP's in charge of Assam, Ram Madhav
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