Congress to support BPF in BTC poll

The ruling Congress in Assam will support the Bodo People`s Front (BPF), the ally in the state cabinet, in the ensuing Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election scheduled in next April.

Kokrajhar: The ruling Congress in Assam
will support the Bodo People`s Front (BPF), the ally in the
state cabinet, in the ensuing Bodoland Territorial Council
(BTC) election scheduled in next April.

"The Congress will support the BPF headed by BTC chief
Hagrama Mohilary in the council election", government
spokesman and senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on the
occasion of the third annual conference of the BPF here.

The BPF is an ally of the Congress in the state
cabinet.

There will be seat sharing and friendly contest
between the Congress and the BPF, Sarma said and urged the
people to support the two parties in the poll.

Speaking on the occasion Mohilary hoped that the
alliance between the two parties will pave the way for all
round development of the Bodoland area.

PTI

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