Emerging from the meeting, Assam Bharatiya Janata Party chief Sarbananda Sonowal and AGP president Atul Bora told reporters: “In the larger interest of the state and to remove the Congress from power, both parties have decided to join hands.”
Mr Sonowal, the BJP’s CM candidate, said the party’s prime objective was to free the state’s people from the corrupt Congress regime.
Mr Bora said it was not possible for the AGP on its own to stop the Congress, so in order to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the people, they decided to join hands with the BJP.
Mr Bora clarified that the two parties were yet to decide on seat distribution. “We will settle this issue amicably,” said Mr Sonowal. Sources, however, claimed the AGP will contest 19 seats, while there was no consensus yet on seven other seats that the AGP had been claiming.
The AGP is likely to contest in Naharkatiya, Amguri, Mahmora, Khumtai, Sarupathar, Kaliabar, Chaygaon, Barhampur, West Guwahati, Boko, Hajo, Lakhimpur, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Tezpur, North Abhoyapuri, Biswanath and Rangapara seats.
