Hours after Asom Gona Parishad sorted out differences with Bhartiya Janta Party and renewed it’s Poll tie-up for the Lok Sabha Polls 2019, its two leaders – Lachit Bardoloi and Hemen Borah extended their resignations expressing unhappiness over the decision.
Expressing his displeasure Lachit Bardoloi slammed AGP and termed it as ‘Opportunist’. He took to social media and said, “Thank you opportunistic AGP leaders, you have unmasked your and party’s fake regional character. You must not talk about our 855 martyrs from today onwards. Wiping out AGP from the heart. Time has come for all who believes in regionalism must be united” he wrote on social media as reported by News18.
While Party’s Legal Advisor Hemen Borah and party’s founding Leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta who has been two times Chief Minister also expressed their unhappiness for going back with the BJP faction.
Speaking to the new portal, former Chief Minister Mahanta hit out at AGP for its decision to go on with BJP in a pre-poll tie-up. Slamming the BJP led Central Government, Mahanta said, ‘I have pledged my support for the implementation of Assam Accord. I am opposing BJP’s proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016″ He added Once this bill is cleared, Assam will be full of Bangladeshis’.
He further junks reports in local media that claimed Mahanta was pressing to go with an alliance with the BJP.
He further trained guns towards AGP for keeping him in dark while holding parleys with BJP to forge an alliance. Mahanta said, “Senior party Leaders had in 2016 also not shared with me the decision of forging an alliance with the BJP or on seat-sharing,” He said while claiming that AGP never considered me to be important enough to be kept in the loop finalize poll pacts.
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Dissent and Revolt within AGP came to public domain hours after Asom Gana Parishad finalized alliance terms with BJP. Himanta Biswa Sharma of BJP, Keshav Mahanta and Atul Bora of the AGP were also present with BJP Secretary Ram Madhav when he made the announcement of poll tie up in Assam.
However, the seat-sharing details are still in the negotiation process and will be announced soon. Assam has a total of 14 Lok Sabha Polls.
Earlier on January 7, AGP walks out of coalition government in Assam over Citizenship Bill. The bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, to grant Indian nationality to people belonging to non-muslim minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians — in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12, even if they don’t possess any proper document.
Election Commission had on March 10 declared schedule for General Elections 2019. General Elections are slated for April-May this year that would spread on Seven Phases starting from April 11 to May 19. Counting of Votes and Results for the mega Battle of ballots will be announced on May 23 four days after the 7th phase of voting.
Assam will vote in three phases – April 11, April 18 and April 23.
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