In what is said to be a politically wise move, the BJP on Wednesday decided to contest the coming Assembly polls in Assam with the Asom Gana Parishad.
AGP president Atul Bora, his senior colleagues Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Biren Prasad Baishya, Pradip Hazarika and others attended a meeting with BJP president Amit Shah Wednesday, that was also attended by Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP CM caniddate in Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Kamakhya Prasad Tasa and Mahendra Singh.
If insiders are to be believed former minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, convenor of the Assam BJP campaign committee, was the architect of two key alliances, roping in both the AGP and Bodoland People’s Front as allies of the BJP. The BJP is also trying to accommodate some ethnic groups of the Rabha Autonomous Council to create a formidable bloc against the Congress.
