GUWAHATI: The BJP, in collaboration with its new ally, United Folks’s Social gathering Liberation (UPPL), is all set to take management of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) for the primary time after a bitter battle with its ally-turned-rival Bodoland Folks’s Entrance (BPF).
The outcomes of the 40-member BTC ballot have led to a hung home with the ruling BPF rising as the only largest get together successful 17 seats, election officers stated on Sunday.
UPPL has received 12 seats, the BJP 9, whereas the Congress and the Gana Suraksha Social gathering (GSP) bagged one seat every.
Formally, they fought the election on their very own however the two are heading in the right direction to strike a post-poll alliance for which preparations are on in Guwahati.
BPF completed as the only largest get together and expects that by advantage of its alliance with BJP, they two ought to take management of the council. BJP state leadership doesn’t need to proceed the alliance however the BPF management maintains that except the BJP’s nationwide management says so, the alliance is assumed to be persevering with.
However state BJP president Ranjeet Dass, whereas expressing his gratitude for five.4 lakh BJP staff and the voters in BTC space for his get together’s spectacular consequence given the truth that in 2015 BJP had received only one seat, has introduced that not BPF however UPPL will probably be its accomplice.
“BTC folks wished a change. We’re assembly with UPPL chief Pramod Boro right here after someday the place chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Himanta Biswa Sarma will even be current,” Dass stated.
The BTC polls have been extra of a take a look at for BJP’s reputation earlier than the approaching meeting elections in April. Dass added, “This BTC election was the semi-final to the meeting election, which is simply 115 days away.”
Whereas BPF contested in 37 of the 40 seats, challengers BJP fielded its candidates in 26 seats, GSP in 35, Congress in 13 and AIUDF in seven. Solely UPPL contested in all 40 seats.
The BTC polls have been deferred on March 20 by the Assam State Election Fee because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The outcomes of the 40-member BTC ballot have led to a hung home with the ruling BPF rising as the only largest get together successful 17 seats, election officers stated on Sunday.
UPPL has received 12 seats, the BJP 9, whereas the Congress and the Gana Suraksha Social gathering (GSP) bagged one seat every.
Formally, they fought the election on their very own however the two are heading in the right direction to strike a post-poll alliance for which preparations are on in Guwahati.
BPF completed as the only largest get together and expects that by advantage of its alliance with BJP, they two ought to take management of the council. BJP state leadership doesn’t need to proceed the alliance however the BPF management maintains that except the BJP’s nationwide management says so, the alliance is assumed to be persevering with.
However state BJP president Ranjeet Dass, whereas expressing his gratitude for five.4 lakh BJP staff and the voters in BTC space for his get together’s spectacular consequence given the truth that in 2015 BJP had received only one seat, has introduced that not BPF however UPPL will probably be its accomplice.
“BTC folks wished a change. We’re assembly with UPPL chief Pramod Boro right here after someday the place chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Himanta Biswa Sarma will even be current,” Dass stated.
The BTC polls have been extra of a take a look at for BJP’s reputation earlier than the approaching meeting elections in April. Dass added, “This BTC election was the semi-final to the meeting election, which is simply 115 days away.”
Whereas BPF contested in 37 of the 40 seats, challengers BJP fielded its candidates in 26 seats, GSP in 35, Congress in 13 and AIUDF in seven. Solely UPPL contested in all 40 seats.
The BTC polls have been deferred on March 20 by the Assam State Election Fee because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
