GUWAHATI: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) will fight the Lok Sabha election in Assam in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), two months after severing ties with the saffron party over the contentious citizenship invoice.
The alliance used to be finalised in a gathering amongst BJP normal secretary Ram Madhav, AGP president Atul Bora and others that ended publish middle of the night.
"After discussion, BJP and AGP have decided to work together in the coming Parliament election in Assam to defeat Congress," Madhav, the BJP's incharge of Northeast, tweeted early on Wednesday.
"Announced it at Guwahati in d presence of Himanta Biswa Sarma of BJP and Atul Bora and Keshav Mahanta of AGP," he said, including that the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) would be the third partner in the alliance," he added.
Talking to newshounds after sealing the alliance, Bora said the previous allies had joined palms once more to defeat the Congress.
The AGP chief, then again, didn't respond to any query in regards to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and the party's stand on it during the election.
The AGP had in January withdrew its improve to the BJP government in Assam in protest in opposition to the Centre's choice to go forward with the invoice, which seeks to grant nationality to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan after six years of place of abode in India.
Since then, the AGP has openly criticised the BJP management, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for bringing in a "communal invoice" to settle the Bangladeshi Hindus in Assam.
According to a senior AGP MLA, the party used to be divided over the problem of tying up with the BJP once more, fearing backlash from ground-level staff.
On Monday evening, the AGP MLAs held a discussion over realigning with the saffron party, but the meeting remained inconclusive. They went right into a huddle once more on Tuesday evening and made up our minds to go forward with the alliance.
In 2014, the BJP had won seven of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, whilst the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) have 3 MPs every and any other is an Independent. The BPF and the AGP have no representation in the Lower House.
The AGP, BJP and the BPF had contested the 2016 Assembly election together and defeated the Congress, which have been in power in the state for three consecutive phrases since 2001.
The AGP and BJP had fought one at a time in the panchayat polls remaining December.
Polling for the overall election will likely be held in 3 levels in the state - April 11, 18 and 23.
The alliance used to be finalised in a gathering amongst BJP normal secretary Ram Madhav, AGP president Atul Bora and others that ended publish middle of the night.
"After discussion, BJP and AGP have decided to work together in the coming Parliament election in Assam to defeat Congress," Madhav, the BJP's incharge of Northeast, tweeted early on Wednesday.
"Announced it at Guwahati in d presence of Himanta Biswa Sarma of BJP and Atul Bora and Keshav Mahanta of AGP," he said, including that the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) would be the third partner in the alliance," he added.
Talking to newshounds after sealing the alliance, Bora said the previous allies had joined palms once more to defeat the Congress.
The AGP chief, then again, didn't respond to any query in regards to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and the party's stand on it during the election.
The AGP had in January withdrew its improve to the BJP government in Assam in protest in opposition to the Centre's choice to go forward with the invoice, which seeks to grant nationality to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan after six years of place of abode in India.
Since then, the AGP has openly criticised the BJP management, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for bringing in a "communal invoice" to settle the Bangladeshi Hindus in Assam.
According to a senior AGP MLA, the party used to be divided over the problem of tying up with the BJP once more, fearing backlash from ground-level staff.
On Monday evening, the AGP MLAs held a discussion over realigning with the saffron party, but the meeting remained inconclusive. They went right into a huddle once more on Tuesday evening and made up our minds to go forward with the alliance.
In 2014, the BJP had won seven of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, whilst the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) have 3 MPs every and any other is an Independent. The BPF and the AGP have no representation in the Lower House.
The AGP, BJP and the BPF had contested the 2016 Assembly election together and defeated the Congress, which have been in power in the state for three consecutive phrases since 2001.
The AGP and BJP had fought one at a time in the panchayat polls remaining December.
Polling for the overall election will likely be held in 3 levels in the state - April 11, 18 and 23.
Asom Gana Parishad to fight LS polls with BJP in Assam: Ram Madhav
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