Assam looks at a multi-cornered poll as BJP-AGP talks fail,Assam polls, Assam assembly election 2016, AIUDF, Congress, AGP, BJP-BPF, Asom Gana Parishad,Assam vidhan sabha polls 2016
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Assam looks at a multi-cornered poll as BJP-AGP talks fail,Assam polls, Assam assembly election 2016, AIUDF, Congress, AGP, BJP-BPF, Asom Gana Parishad,Assam vidhan sabha polls 2016
The Asom Gana Parishad’s (AGP’s) decision to go it alone in the upcoming assembly elections in Assam, after failing to stitch up a pre-poll tie-up with the BJP may prove to be a decisive factor in the poll outcome.
The BJP and the Bodo People’s Front (BPF) had already agreed to contest together, and the inclusion of the AGP in the alliance would have made it a formidable force.
As things stand, Assam is likely to see a multi-cornered contest with the Congress, the AGP, the BJP-BPF and Badruddin Ajmal’s All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) fighting independently.
But ethnic, regional and religious diversity makes it extremely difficult to predict electoral trends in Assam.
The dynamic of an assembly election is different from that of a Lok Sabha poll and local factors, including leadership, governance, alliances and the nature of the campaign, matter.
Amid the rise of the BJP and decline of the AGP, three-time CM Tarun Gogoi is seeking to present the Congress as a new beast.
Gogoi has turned the incumbency question on its head by building a campaign on the poll promises of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is also attempting to project himself as a custodian of Assamese identity in a bid to paint the BJP as an outsider ignorant of local cultural nuances. -