BJP-AGP tie-up works in Assam

By Nava Thakuria

[My addition: I am proved correct in Assam elections as BJP did exceptionally well this time against the last year's figures; while it as proved beyond doubt that NDTV, News 24 and CNN IBN presented highly motivated news giving 9 (nine) seats to Congress.

Also, the fact that Congress Heavy-weights like Santosh Mohan Dev lost very badly (came third this time) proves that BJP-AGP combine is emerging as a major force in Assam; where illegal Bangladeshi infiltration and terrorism are the main issues.

The "Purchased" Medias' prediction of Congress getting 9 (nine) seats also fell flat on the nose, like their prediction of Hung-Parliament......

At the moment the Congress is busy in striking an alliance with the Muslim League of Assam, the UDF, in view of BPT threatening to withdraw support from the government. '

To remain in power anywhere in India, the Congress Party can do anything----no ethics and virtually nothing......

It is a party made by assembling morsels from street side "dust bins" and who (or which community) in India, supports this "Garbage outfit" and for what benefits is known to all.......

One such community Joined hands with former Congressmen, M K Gandhi and Jawarhalal Nehru to divide India, which created so much problems for Bengalis, Punjabis, Sindhis, Gujaratis, etc. Till now nothing has come on the plate in case of Mumbai Carnage or Assam bomb blast...??!! These things would continue as long as the UPA is in power....

We also should not expect too much in respect of security needs of India, from this party which has tie ups with communal outfits like MIM (whose leader has links with terrorist organisations like Hezbullah), Muslim League (Kerala) and UDF (of Assam) and are currently partners of the UPA government.

It is to be understood that massive infiltration is changing the entire demography of Assam. The growth of Muslims in Assam in some areas is more than 50-80% per year and average growth is more than 35% against a little above 20% in case of Hindus--which is very alarming.

But how did it all happen?? All these years the successive Congress government have tried to woo this illegal vote bank, by providing them with ration cards and putting their names in voter list. Congress and some of its allies (and the Left) want to turn the whole of India into another Pakistan, which is very dangerous...Because we have seen how the concept of Pakistan has troubled (and is troubling), the entire world...

Moreover, the skewed policies of the respective governments at the centre have hindered the growth of Assam (and entire north east, giving rise of Terrorism and extremism).

Huge pools of money collected in the form of various taxes, from Oil reserves and Tea gardens are being spent elsewhere in India, leaving Assam poor and under-developed.

The people of north-east should stop giving taxes to any Congress Led government for the misuse of the funds.......and for threatening to change the ethnic diversity of Assam.

Look at Delhi; it has so many MPs, while the entire state of Mizoram has only one MP. This is not only silly but shows the nortoriety/pitfalls of our democratic set up and aimed at robbing the entire North-East.. Indian democracy is a sham and is nothing but vote bank politics......

Indian constitution according to many is nothing but a "beautiful monkey wrapped in velvet chaddar"....But does anybody has audacity to point fingers at Dr.B R Ambedkar, without being lynched by Maywati's "goondas"..??!!

Unless these aberrations are ironed out, the extremism problem in Assam and entire North East would continue to dog the entire country....I also have doubts as to how much the young and talented minister from North East Ms.Agatha Sangma and Dr.Mamata Banerjee, can do for the people of this region, when they are being surrounded by this "unholy conglomerate"!! ]

Unlike the national outcome, the Bharatiya Janata Party has performed well in Assam. The rightist party, which had an electoral alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad gained significantly in the state, though the regional party could not show the impressive result. The BJP succeeded in returning one sitting and two former MPs and also a first timer from Assam, which has 14 seats in Lok Sabha. Two former union ministers Bijoya Chakraborty and Kabindra Purkayastha regained the prestigious Guwahati and Silchar seats respectively.

The ruling Congress, which had won the Guwahati seat in 2004 general election, tried its best to retain it and fielded a sitting MLA (Robin Bordoloi), but failed, where Ms Chakraborty of BJP emerged victorious.

On the other hand, Purkayastha defeated a Congress heavyweight Santosh Mohan Dev, who was the sitting MP and also a union minister.

The arrogant politician of Barak Valley was of course predicted by the political analysts of the state to get defeated. Amazingly Dev came out with the third position in Silchar constituency, after the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) president Badruddin Ajmal gained the second spot.

Ajmal however won the Dhubri seat by a huge margin of votes against the Congress candidate and also the sitting MP Anowar Hussain. Thus finally the newborn party, which fought the general election for the first time, has reached the House of lawmakers. The party, with a minority Muslim vote bank, fielded candidates in a number of constituencies and almost everywhere it worked as a spoilsport for the Congress. The AUDF candidates virtually helped the AGP-BJP combine increase its tally. The sitting BJP MP from Nagaon, Rajen Gohain has succeeded once again defeating Anil Raja of Congress. Of course, he was a front-runner in the constituency since the beginning. The state BJP president Ramen Deka surprised many analysts winning the Mangaldoi seat. The first-timer Deka defeated the senior Congress leader Madhav Rajbonshi.

For the Congress, the major surprise was the defeat of Moni Kumar Subba in Tezpur constituency. The lottery baron-turned-politician, who was one of the richest candidates from the northeast, lost to AGP candidate Joseph Toppo.

Subba had won from the prestigious constituency for three times and eying for the same once again. His identity of origin (allegedly Subba is a Nepali fugitive) was discussed widely in media and public forums. Even the Central Bureau of Investigation had started an investigation on the issue and a case is still pending in the Supreme Court of India. The sitting MP from the Kokrajhar, Sansuma Khungur Bwismuthiary of Bodoland Peoples Front retained the seat winning with a margin of over 2,00,000 votes. The Congress on the other hand succeeded in returning the sitting MPs BK Handique (also a union minister) from Jorhat, Dip Gogoi from Koliabor, Biren Singh Engti from Diphu and Lalit Mohan Suklavaidya from Karimganj seat.

Three other Congress leaders, who have received entries to the Lower House of the Parliament, include Paban Singh Ghatowar from Dibrugarh parliamentary constituency, who defeated AGP candidate Sarbananda Sonowal, Ranee Narah from Lakhimpur, who defeated the sitting AGP MP Arun Sharma and Ismail Hussain from Barpeta constituency, who defeated AGP candidate Bhupen Rai. The state Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of course expressed satisfaction at the outcome of the poll.

Addressing the scribes on May 16, soon after the result came out, Gogoi admitted that he did not expect much better result this time. “But I would have been happy, had we retained the Guwahati seat,” Gogoi said. Moreover, for the first time, Gogoi admitted that besides BJP and AGP, AUDF was also a factor in the poll. The two-time Chief Minister is understood to maintain personal enmity towards the AUDF chief Ajmal. On the other hand, Ajmal declared that doors were open for him to join the UPA government at New Delhi.