AIUDF, RJD, JD(U) form grand alliance in assam invite Congress too, Assam polls, grand alliance, Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Badruddin Ajmal , Sharad Yadav,Assam assembly election latest news
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AIUDF, RJD, JD(U) form grand alliance in assam invite Congress too, Assam polls, grandalliance, Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Badruddin Ajmal, Sharad Yadav,Assam assembly election latest news
Guwahati:AIUDF, RJD and JD(U) on Thursday announced a grand alliance of "secular parties" in Assam and invited Congress to join them to fight BJP in the forthcoming assembly polls.
"We wanted a grand alliance in Assam of all secular parties on the lines of the recent Bihar polls to fight
jointly against BJP and its communal politics," AIUDF chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal told reporters here.
We had discussion with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in this regard and asked Congress to join us in our effort to fight against BJP and prevent the party from finding a foothold in Assam," he said.
In Assam we wanted Congress and AGP to join us along with JD(U) and RJD, but "AGP went ahead with BJP and Congress did not act, maybe due to certain compulsions", he said.
"We, however, once again invite Congress to join us even now. We are ready to welcome them to the grand alliance so that we can fight against the communal forces which have already taken roots in the state, Ajmal said.
Both JD(U) and RJD will contest around 12 seats and they announced a list of five candidates each today.