GUWAHATI: Soon after BJP president Amit Shah put the brakes on Himanta Biswa Sarma's Delhi ambitions, the celebration strongman hit the street on Saturday to marketing campaign for ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) at Kaliabor - the seat his former mentor-turned-bete noire Tarun Gogoi's son Gaurav Gogoi is contesting for re-election as a Congress candidate.
For now, Himanta has put his own desire to contest the Tezpur Lok Sabha seat on the back-burner, acceding to the celebration central management's resolution to go via its own instincts fairly than that of the state-level management. Himanta mentioned he does no longer want to speak about the subject any more since he has already accepted the verdict of the celebration president. "The party has entrusted us with the responsibility to get maximum seats in the region," he added.
Regional parties have at all times performed crucial position in the area's politics and have frequently emerged stronger than national parties. The BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (Neda), which Himanta had recommended, had started out robust in 2016. Himanta used to be also the brains at the back of the rising footprint of BJP and Neda in the northeast since then - expanding from Assam to Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland and, in any case, Mizoram. By now, ties between the constituent parties have grown weak. Barring AGP, Bodoland People's Front and Nationalist Democratic People's Party, all Neda partners have either selected to contest the Lok Sabha election on their very own or give up the alliance. The BJP central management wants Himanta to support the saffron celebration and revive Neda's potentialities in the area.
Himanta is confident he can ship. "We believe BJP and Neda will win 19-20 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the region (including Sikkim)," he mentioned. There is a tight-rope walk ahead although. Given the tenuous ties with AGP, simply stitched back in place, for instance, BJP has made up our minds that no election banners and posters will lift the lotus image in seats the place AGP is contesting. "We don't want to confuse voters by putting our symbol on AGP's posters. Even posters featuring Narendra Modi won't have the lotus symbol in these constituencies but the elephant (AGP's symbol)," Sarma mentioned.
Kicking off the marketing campaign on behalf of AGP for the Kaliabor seat at Bokakhat, Himanta mentioned, "BJP workers have to labour harder than AGP workers to win this seat. Our partner (in 2016 assembly election), Ganashakti, will also work with us. Our fight is not against Congress but it is a fight to ensure that the indigenous Assamese stand with their heads held high." Kaliabor has a sizeable Muslim voter base, which will swing the election outcome if they vote as one bloc. With this in thoughts, Himanta appealed to the voters of the constituency to "remain united" so no one can deny the AGP candidate, Moni Madhab Mahanta, a victory. He is the younger brother of AGP running president and water assets minister Keshab Mahanta.
Immediately after Kaliabor, Himanta moved to neighbouring Jorhat constituency to marketing campaign for celebration's new face Topon Kumar Gogoi, a minister, and then to Dibrugarh.
For now, Himanta has put his own desire to contest the Tezpur Lok Sabha seat on the back-burner, acceding to the celebration central management's resolution to go via its own instincts fairly than that of the state-level management. Himanta mentioned he does no longer want to speak about the subject any more since he has already accepted the verdict of the celebration president. "The party has entrusted us with the responsibility to get maximum seats in the region," he added.
Regional parties have at all times performed crucial position in the area's politics and have frequently emerged stronger than national parties. The BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (Neda), which Himanta had recommended, had started out robust in 2016. Himanta used to be also the brains at the back of the rising footprint of BJP and Neda in the northeast since then - expanding from Assam to Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland and, in any case, Mizoram. By now, ties between the constituent parties have grown weak. Barring AGP, Bodoland People's Front and Nationalist Democratic People's Party, all Neda partners have either selected to contest the Lok Sabha election on their very own or give up the alliance. The BJP central management wants Himanta to support the saffron celebration and revive Neda's potentialities in the area.
Himanta is confident he can ship. "We believe BJP and Neda will win 19-20 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the region (including Sikkim)," he mentioned. There is a tight-rope walk ahead although. Given the tenuous ties with AGP, simply stitched back in place, for instance, BJP has made up our minds that no election banners and posters will lift the lotus image in seats the place AGP is contesting. "We don't want to confuse voters by putting our symbol on AGP's posters. Even posters featuring Narendra Modi won't have the lotus symbol in these constituencies but the elephant (AGP's symbol)," Sarma mentioned.
Kicking off the marketing campaign on behalf of AGP for the Kaliabor seat at Bokakhat, Himanta mentioned, "BJP workers have to labour harder than AGP workers to win this seat. Our partner (in 2016 assembly election), Ganashakti, will also work with us. Our fight is not against Congress but it is a fight to ensure that the indigenous Assamese stand with their heads held high." Kaliabor has a sizeable Muslim voter base, which will swing the election outcome if they vote as one bloc. With this in thoughts, Himanta appealed to the voters of the constituency to "remain united" so no one can deny the AGP candidate, Moni Madhab Mahanta, a victory. He is the younger brother of AGP running president and water assets minister Keshab Mahanta.
Immediately after Kaliabor, Himanta moved to neighbouring Jorhat constituency to marketing campaign for celebration's new face Topon Kumar Gogoi, a minister, and then to Dibrugarh.
Out of Lok Sabha election race, Himanta Biswa Sarma campaigns for Neda ally AGP
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