BPF joins Congress-AIUDF led grand alliance to fight against BJP

BPF on Saturday announced that, the party has severed ties with BJP, and joined hands with Mahajut.

“The people of Assam are struggling with rampant inflation and mass unemployment, along with it the insensitive BJP government is imposing the anti-people CAA law. The people are so fed up that they are chanting ‘Assam Bachao’. For these reasons, I, too, believe that the Congress can give Assam better governance. The BPF has joined the Congress-led Mahajut, because there was a demand for it, from the people of Bodoland. The people can see the BJP has become unpopular and will be removed from power this election. The Mahajuth is coming to power and the BPF with them. We have seen public sentiment across Assam, change in favour of Congress, over the last few weeks. Securing the best for the people of Bodoland, need the BPF to be part of the winning alliance,” Hagrama Mohilary said in a press conference held in Guwahati.

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora welcomed Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary to the Mahajut and iterated the importance of an inclusive alliance to the press, affirming that the Mahajut has increased its strength as old friend--Bodoland People’s Front--joined them. "Assam’s destiny is about to change for the better,"Bora said.

“Many tributaries join together to make a strong river and the Congress-led Mahajut gets one more partner, the BPF, adding to the AGM, AIUDF, CPI, CPI (M), and the CPI (ML). The Asom Basaon Ahok Yatra, has had such massive impact across the state that our friends, the Bodoland People’s Front, could see which way the wind is blowing. Congress is coming and we are proud to partner with the BPF. We will aim to go faster, stronger, higher for Assam, for the people. In every corner of Assam, trust means Congress and we are grateful for the renewed faith Hagrama Mohillary has shown in the Congress,” Ripun Bora said.

The BPF has in the past tried to assert the integrity of the indigenous land, only to be let down by the ruling government. The BPF has maintained its stronghold in the Bodoland Territorial Region which won 12 seats in the 2016 assembly elections.

AICC secretary Anirudh Singh said that the idea of the Mahajut is to represent the diversity of Assam, and the Congress welcomes BPF in this mission.

“United we stand, as the BPF joins the Congress-led Mahajut, the aspirations of the people of Assam are about to find voice and shape in the form of a Mahajut government. The Bodoland People’s Front also agrees, the best party to lead the state, to maintain peace and bring prosperity, is the Congress. When we said the Congress is going to win 101 seats, people said we don’t even have a Bodo ally. Now we do, and Assam’s destiny is about to change for the better,” Anirudh Singh said.

The leaders of all seven parties of the grand alliance were present at the press conference.