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9 Candidates Of Congress's Key Ally In Assam Moved To Chhattisgarh

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 14, 2021

At least nine candidates of the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), a key ally in the Congress-led grand alliance in Assam, have been shifted to a resort in the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh after the recently held Assembly polls in that state, a local Congr

Another Assam Mahajot Ally, BPF, Moves Candidates To "Safe Location"

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday April 12, 2021

Bodoland leader Hagrama Mohillary's party has become the second opposition outfit to move out its candidates -- at least 10 of them besides some top leaders -- from the state for fear of poaching by the BJP.

Supreme Court Declines Assam Congress Ally's Plea To Delay Tamulpur Polls

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Monday April 5, 2021

Assam's Bodoland People's Front's petition (BPF) to postpone polling in Tamulpur - days after its candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary defected to the BJP - was today turned down by the Supreme Court.

"Won't Intervene": Poll Body On Complaint By Congress' Assam Ally

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Ratandip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday April 4, 2021

The Election Commission has refused to intervene in the matter of Rangja Khungur Basumatary - the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) candidate from Assam's Tamulpur who joined the BJP this week, just days before polling in his constituency

Congress' Assam Ally Moves Supreme Court To Postpone Tamulpur Polling

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday April 4, 2021

Assam Election 2021: Assam's Bodoland People's Front (BPF) moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking postponement of polling in Tamulpur, after its candidate - Rangja Khungur Basumatary - defected to the BJP less than a week before voting

Assam Congress Ally Writes To Poll Body After Candidate Joins BJP

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Saturday April 3, 2021

The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) on Friday approached the Election Commission seeking permission to change the party's candidate for Tamulpur constituency after its candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary joined the BJP five days before voting.

Bodoland Peoples Front Candidate Joins BJP In The Midst Of Polls In Assam

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 2, 2021

Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary Thursday joined BJP ahead of the third phase of poll in Assam when the constituency in which he is a contestant is slated to go to the poll.

"Not Mahajot (Grand Alliance), Maha Jhoot": PM's Dig At Assam Congress

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday April 1, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was at Bodoland Territorial Region for the first time after the signing of a peace accord last year, attempted to connected with young people in the region through talks about football and attacked the Congress and i

BJP's Himanta Sarma Dances At Assam Rally, Sidesteps Chief Minister Buzz

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday March 29, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP parliamentary board will decide who the next Chief Minister of Assam will be and that was none of his concern, state Cabinet Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. Expressing confidence at his party's victory in the ongoing Assembly polls, he downplayed the Bodoland People's Front and its chief, Hagrama Mohi...

"Will Perform BJP's Last Rites On May 2," Says Chief Of Ex-Ally In Assam

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 2, 2021

Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary on Tuesday asserted that the Grand Alliance led by "old friend" Congress will perform the last rites of the BJP-led government in Assam by winning the upcoming assembly elections.

After Joining Congress-Led Alliance, Assam 'Kingmaker' Challenges BJP

India News | Written by Ratnadip Chowdhury, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Sunday February 28, 2021

Once known as a kingmaker in Assam politics, Hagrama Mohilary, the chief of the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), today formally returned to the Congress fold, joining the Mahajath or grand alliance led by the state's main opposition party. It is, technically, still in alliance with the BJP till the end of this Assembly's term, one that it had yesterd...

'No Longer Friends': Assam BJP Ally Joins Congress Alliance Before Polls

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday February 27, 2021

In a boost for the Congress-led coalition before next month's elections in Assam, the Bodoland Peoples' Front or BPF on Saturday announced that it was quitting the alliance headed by the ruling BJP and joining the opposition front.

No Alliance With Bodoland People's Front For Assam Polls: Himanta Biswa Sarma

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 14, 2021

Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday made it clear that the ruling BJP will not have any alliance with its existing ally Bodoland People's Front (BPF) in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state.

Bodoland People's Front Invites Tejashwi Yadav As Accord Day Chief Guest

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday February 7, 2021

The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) has invited Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav to be the chief guest for Bodoland Accord Day celebrations on February 10.

Amit Shah Promises "Infiltrator-Free", "Flood-Free" Assam, Skips CAA

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Sunday January 24, 2021

The BJP, with its allies, will form the next Assam government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today, basing his forecast on the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) victory his party scored last December in alliance with the hardliner United People's Party Liberal (UPPL). Speaking in Kokrajhar today, he also reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Mod...