Politics / Assam

GUWAHATI, April 5: The Asom Jatiya Mahasabha - an organisation of surrendered ULFA (SULFA) militants, today clarified that the association was not in league with any political party and said that the organisation is concerned only about boosting the 'economic development' of the State. Speaking to media persons here this afternoon, Sunil Nath, member of the steering committee of the association, said that the Mahasabha was a purely "non-political" organisation, and if any member of it was an active member of the any political party he would have to resign from any post in the district as well...

JORHAT, April 4: The Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) has warned the state government of dire consequence in the near future for the latter's lackadaisical attitude in regard to initiating schemes for all-round development of the tea tribes and also for reneging on its pledge to 'accord' SC/ST status to the tea tribe community. Lambasting the powers that be for their hollow promises over the years, the association president Durga Bhumij and general secretary Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, in a press release, claimed that despite bilateral discussion on the SC/ST issue at Dispur, the...

GUWAHATI, April 4: The CPI National Executive member and State Flood Control Minister, Promode Gogoi, today resigned from the State Cabinet following the party's decision to come out of the four-party ruling combination protesting AGP's overtures to have poll pact with "communal" BJP. Addressing a press conference, Gogoi informed that he had tendered his resignation to the Chief Minister this morning as per the directive of the Secretariat of Assam State Council of the CPI which took the decision to snap AGP link after reviewing the fast developing election scenario in the State. The CPI...

GUWAHATI, April 3: The Left parties' honeymoon with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) is finally over as the ruling four-party alliance has broken up following AGP's move to go for poll adjustments with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The ministers belonging to the CPI and the Samajwadi Party in the AGP-led Ministry will formally tender their resignations within a day or two and efforts are on form a new Left-Democratic alliance by the constituents of the Peoples' Front. Talking to The Assam Tribune here today, the president of the Assam unit of the Samajwadi Party and State Irrigation Minister...

GUWAHATI, April 2: The All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) will take the final decision on extending support to the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in the ensuing polls within the next few days, said the ABSU president, Rabi Ram Narzary. Talking to The Assam Tribune, Narzary said that both the AGP and the BJP have sought the support of the ABSU for the ensuing polls. He revealed that the ABSU and other Bodo organisations like the Bodo Peoples' Action Committee, All Bodo Employees Federation and the Bodo Women's Welfare Federation would meet at Kajalgaon on April 4 to form a central election committee and...

GUWAHATI, April 2: The general council of the ruling Asom Gana Pari-shad (AGP) today gave the go-ahead for the party leadership to go for electoral alliance with 'like-minded' political parties including the BJP and other constituents of National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Following a day-long sitting at Rabindra Bhawan here, the General Council of the party in a resolution while approving the last night resolution of the party's executive body, allowed the party to forge electoral alliance with the BJP and other NDA constituents "in order to root out Congress" in the forthcoming electoral...

GUWAHATI, April 2: It seems AGP legislators belonging to religions minority community are divided on their view over the on-going efforts for the party's electoral alliance with the BJP although the party's general council today favoured it. While taking part in a discussion of the general council today, AGP Dalgaon LAC legislator Abdul Jabbar welcomed the move for an alliance with the BJP and hoped that religious minority community voters would continue to support the AGP even if it struck an understanding with the BJP. However, during an informal that with a few newsmen outside Rabindra...

NEW DELHI, April 1: The BJP state unit's proposal to go for a seat understanding rather than a formal poll alliance with the ruling AGP has found few takers in the regional party, as hectic parleys between the two continued here today for the third day. Even as AGP's executive body meeting at Guwahati debated the option of joining forces with the BJP, the representatives of the two parties here were engaged in a series of discussions to clinch the seat-sharing arrangement. The BJP team included the State unit president, Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Water Resources, Bijoya Chakraborty...

NEW DELHI, April 1: The Congress has decided to review its strategy of going alone in the Assembly polls in the State and is toying with a proposal to have poll pact with the CPI. The party's selection process has been deferred and will now be held later this month, a top leader of the party told The Assam Tribune. It was a bewildered Assam Congress leadership that met here last evening for an emergent meeting of the executive committee to discuss the developing situation in the wake of reports of the ruling AGP and the BJP planning to join hands. According to a senior party leader they are...

GUWAHATI, April 1: Decks have been cleared for the possible electoral alliance between AGP and BJP as the Asam Gana Parishad executive committee this evening authorised the party president to initiate discussions with like-minded parties. Biren Baishya, AGP spokesman, said that the party executive in a resolution adopted in the meet expressed confidence of facing the ensuing Assembly elections on its own. However, in order to wipe the Congress out of the political arena of Assam, AGP president and Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has been authorised to initiate talks on the issue of poll...