Rishika Iyer (Intern Journalist): Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and the deadly floods, Assam is preparing for their next assembly elections in full swing as it is just eight months away. Old political alliances are strengthened and new alliances are formed. Politicians are trying their best to woo more than 2.1 lakh voters by various methods. Politicians are actively campaigning through social media and various other means.
For the 2016 election, BJP formed a coalition government with Ason Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF). While it is most likely for AGP to continue their union with BJP, their alliance with BPF seems doubtful. One of the reasons BPF might keep up the alliance is because of the imposition of the governor’s rule in the four districts which is under the party’s control. The BJP postponed elections of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) due to the ongoing pandemic. This might have caused a slight disparity between the two parties.
In the 2016 elections, BJP along with the coalition party had a sweeping victory by winning a total of 86 of the 126 assembly seats while the Congress had just secured 26 seats. Ranjeet Kumar Dass, the Assam BJP president aims to win 100 seats in the forthcoming elections along with their alliances.
The Congress party announced on Saturday that it is going to tie up with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF). The congress with this new coalition aims to bring in other left parties to defeat the BJP-AGP-BPF coalition. Ripun Bora, president of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) of Assam announced the BJP-AIUDF alliance and said that “We have formally decided to form a grand alliance against the BJP for next year’s polls. Congress will play the role of a big brother in the alliance. We welcome others to join us. Decisions on seat-sharing arrangements and other issues will be taken later.”
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