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CM Sarma said that out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the BJP will be contesting on 11, AGP on two, and UPPL will contest on one seat.
Senior Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leader Zoii Nath Sharma on Sunday (December 15) that a party meeting was held on Saturday (December 14) during which it was decided that the AGP will file a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act.
There are others like the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), who are opposing the bill to "disturb" peace and create unrest, he added.
As Asom Gana Parishad or AGP walked out of the NDA, the BJP is now left with the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) and the sole Independent MLA in the assembly as allies in the state.
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has ended its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam over the Citizenship Bill. Watch full video to know more.
The Union Cabinet approved the Citizenship Amendment Bill on Monday.
Both AGP and BPF are likely to get two berths each in the new cabinet initially, although the Atul Bora-led party has been demanding three instead of two, a media report said on Tuesday.
BJP President Amit Shah too has congratulated the prime minister and CM designate Sarbananda Sonowal over the emphatic victory in Assam.
Congress and AGP with both fighting neck and neck to woo the voters on April 4.
The alliance will also ensure protection of the indigenous people as per Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, he said.
Mamata Banerjee may retain power in West Bengal and Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu while it may be a hung assembly in Assam with an edge to the BJP and the Left return to power in Kerala, says a poll survey.
The Chief Minister said that the BJP-AGP leaders completely ignored the wishes of the rank and file of party workers while forging the alliance and the disillusionment was there for everyone to see.
AGP will also be announcing shortly the names of other candidates in those constituencies where it will have friendly contests with the BJP.
In a development that might benefit the ruling Congress ahead of the April assembly elections, the BJP and AGP have split over the recent alliance between the two and both the newly-floated parties announced on Wednesday that they will contest the polls.
The BJP said on Thursday that the AGP will be fighting on 24 seats out of 126 in the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam.
The BJP and AGP will jointly fight the coming assembly elections as announced by former Chief Minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.
With an aim to boost BJP's prospects in the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, the party has forged an alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to jointly contest the upcoming polls.
In a bid to boost its winning prospects in Assam Assembly elections, BJP on Wednesday forged an alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to jointly contest the upcoming polls.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest the upcoming Assembly election in Assam in an alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP).
A united opposition today forced Assam Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya to curtail his speech on the opening day of the Budget Session and leave the
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