Hagrama Mohilary’s GMP had been ruled out by the BJP in last year’s BTC polls. Guwahati: In a boost for the congressional-led coalition ahead of next month’s elections in Assam, the Bodoland Popular Front or BPF announced on Saturday that it would resign from the alliance led by the ruling …
Read More »New equations, changing of the guard in BTC 17 years after its formation
Student leader-turned-politician Pramod Boro took over as chief executive member of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam on Tuesday, three days after the announcement of the election results to the council that administers four districts in the state. The 45-year-old leader of the Liberal Party of the United People’s …
Read More »BTC Polls: New Alliance on the Cards as BJP May Join UPPL
The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to partner with the People’s United Liberal Party (UPPL) to take over the Bodoland Territorial Council. His alliance partner, Bodo People’s Front (BPF), who fought at the polls separately and is engaged in a bitter war of words with the BJP, won …
Read More »BPF seeks BJP’s support for the formation of the Bodoland Territorial Council
Kokrajhar, December 13 (PTI) The head of the Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF), Hagrama Mohilary, appealed on Sunday to BJP, his alliance partner in the Assam government, to extend its support in the formation of the Council Bodoland Territorial (BTC) after a Hanging House in the center. The BPF and the …
Read More »Explained: Why BJP and Ally BPF Fight Each Other in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Council Elections
Written by Tora Agarwala, edited by Explained Desk | Guwahati | Updated: December 7, 2020 5:23:42 pm Interior Minister Amit Shah, Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Bodo leaders after the signing of the Bodo peace agreement in January. (Photo: PTI / Archive) Elections to Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam …
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