Himanta Biswa Sarma: Public will never accept a Congress-AIUDF alliance

GUWAHATI: Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that the Congress and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) shall be defeated in the forthcoming Assam Assembly elections next year as the public will not accept their alliance.

Speaking on the Seat sharing between the Congress and AIUDF, Sarma said, "We will not dwell too much on who earns the ticket to contest the polls as they are independent to do so. However, no matter who contests the election on a Congress/AIUDF ticket will go on to lose as the public will never accept this alliance."

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Meanwhile, Assam Congress President Ripun Bora has said that a Congress-AIUDF alliance is likely to be cemented ahead of the polls as the two parties seek to unseat the BJP from Dispur. "We already have an understanding of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) polls. We are now almost certain of contesting the polls jointly next year," Bora recently told media.

Reacting to senior BJP leader and Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's allegation that Congress is "pursuing a communal" agenda by aligning with Badruddin Ajmal in Assam, Bora told reporters here that Congress was yet to join hands with the All India United Democratic Front though "we are committed to forming an alliance".

"BJP and AIUDF earlier projected a joint candidate for a Rajya Sabha seat during the Congress rule and also joined hands to form the Nagaon Zilla Parishads", he said.

"Indeed, Congress-AIUDF had also jointly given a candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat, adding: "if the BJP can do so, why not the Congress?" Bora asked.

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