GUWAHATI: Following the declaration of the result of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and Gana Surakasha Party (GSP) leaders are having a meeting with Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal at his official residence in Guwahati.
North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, BJP national general secretary Dilip saikia, UPPL president Pramod Boro, GSP leader and Lok Sabha MP Naba Kumar Sarania are present in the meeting.
The meeting will discuss the formation of a coalition government in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR).
In the election for the 40-member BTC, Hagrama Mohilary-led Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) has won 17 seats. While Pramod Boro-led UPPL has emerged victorious in 12 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has bagged 9 out of total 26 seats it had contested for.
The BJP, which had one member in the outgoing council, had decided to go alone in the polls without the BPF, its ruling alliance partner in the state government.
Meanwhile, union home minister Amit Shah congratulated the NDA for a comfortable victory in the BTC election.
“NDA secured a comfortable majority in Assam BTC election. Congratulations to our ally UPPL, CM
,
,
and
unit. I thank people of Assam for their continued faith in PM
’s resolve towards a developed North East,” Shah tweeted.
NDA secured a comfortable majority in Assam BTC election.
Congratulations to our ally UPPL, CM @sarbanandsonwal, @himantabiswa, @RanjeetkrDass and @BJP4Assam unit.
I thank people of Assam for their continued faith in PM @narendramodi’s resolve towards a developed North East.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 13, 2020
The Congress and Naba Sarania’s Gana Suraksha Party (GSP) won only one seat each.
Pramod Boro, who was the long-time president of the All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) before joining the UPPL in 2019, has won from Koklabari and Goybari constituencies. On the other hand, former BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary won in the Debargaon seat. He lost the Kachugaon seat to UPPL candidate Ukil Musahary by a margin of 507 votes.
The elections to the Council were held in two phases on December seven and 10. Its 40 constituencies spread across districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri.
The State Election Commission had deferred the polls, earlier scheduled on April 4, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The elections to the Council were held after a fresh Bodo Accord was signed in New Delhi on January 27 by the leaders of all four factions of the NDFB, then All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) Chief Pramod Boro, then BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
The Council, after its term ended on April 27, is currently being administered under the supervision of Governor Jagadish Mukhi.
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