Loksabha Election 2024: The AIUDF is keen to hitch the ‘India’ coalition of 26 opposition events, together with the Congress, however the leaders of the Assam Congress are opposing it. Nonetheless, the Congress in Assam had began uniting opposition forces lengthy earlier than the formation of ‘India’. The oldest celebration was profitable in bringing 12 opposition events of the state underneath one umbrella.
The United Opposition Discussion board included the Left events, Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dole, former All Assam College students’ Union (AASU) chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi’s Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and others, however it lacked a serious participant in Assamese politics – Badruddin Ajmal’s All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF).
What did Aminul Islam say?
Allow us to inform that Mamta Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) have been additionally not given a spot within the joint opposition platform. But after the announcement of ‘India’, the state of affairs has modified to an awesome extent. TMC and AAP at the moment are constituents of the opposition alliance however AIUDF remains to be out of the alliance.
Aminul Islam, MLA from Mankachar in Assam and AIUDF common secretary, instructed IANS: “Nitish Kumar, one of many fundamental leaders of the alliance, met us in Patna just a few weeks in the past. Our chief Badruddin Ajmal was additionally current there.”
He mentioned, “As per the recommendation of the Chief Minister of Bihar, we additionally met Sharad Pawar in Mumbai. They have been very eager to have us within the alliance, however it’s true that we weren’t invited within the subsequent conferences.” Since its formation in 2005, the AIUDF has been a significant factor in Assamese politics. Within the 2011 meeting elections, it grew to become the first opposition celebration within the state with 18 MLAs.
Congress and AIUDF had an alliance within the 2021 meeting elections
AIUDF’s variety of seats in 2016 got here right down to 13. Nonetheless, within the final meeting elections, Badruddin Ajmal’s celebration managed to win 16 seats. Later considered one of its MLAs resigned from the celebration and was re-elected on a BJP ticket.
Within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the AIUDF gained three of the 14 MP seats in Assam. Within the 2019 common elections, the seats have been diminished and solely Badruddin Ajmal might win the celebration’s bastion Dhubri seat.
Congress and AIUDF fashioned a grand alliance to oust the BJP from energy in Assam within the 2021 meeting elections. The alliance gained greater than 40 seats however failed to attain the magic determine within the 126-member Legislative Meeting. Relations between the 2 events additional deteriorated and the Congress condemned the alliance after a hitch over cross-voting in favor of the BJP candidate within the Rajya Sabha elections.
Congress is deceptive Muslim voters – Aminul Islam
Aminul Islam mentioned, “It was Congress MLAs who voted for BJP. They even declared that traitors could be punished. For greater than a yr and a half, Congress couldn’t take any motion towards its MLAs, who voted for BJP candidate.”
He additional mentioned that at current there’s about 40 per cent Muslim inhabitants in Assam. Congress has misplaced its base amongst many communities like ‘Tea Planters’, Ahoms and so on. In order that they wish to depend on Muslim votes, however minority folks have full religion in Badruddin Ajmal and can vote for AIUDF solely.
In response to Aminul Islam, the Congress is making an attempt to mislead the Muslim voters by saying that the AIUDF is the B-team of the BJP. He mentioned, “We’re fairly certain that the Congress will fail in its technique. The Congress has tied up with events that haven’t any illustration in both the Meeting or the Parliament besides just a few. These small gamers can not assist them win seats… Slightly, we firmly consider that the AIUDF will ship at the very least three MPs to the Lok Sabha subsequent yr.”
The AIUDF MLA additionally talked about that his celebration is an ally of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and would assist “India” after the Lok Sabha elections. He remarked, “We’re towards the BJP and can’t be a part of the NDA. Therefore, we have now determined to assist the opposition alliance.”
Congress chief mentioned this on AIUDF
Nonetheless, Chief of the Opposition within the Assam Meeting and senior Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia mentioned, “It is the AIUDF leaders who’re deceptive the folks. They can’t win seats. Our state president Bhupen Bora has repeated the identical stand for the final one-and-a-half years that the AIUDF can’t be included within the opposition alliance. They tried to be a part of ‘India’, however nobody paid consideration to them. They went to Patna and different locations and needed to return empty-handed.”
He additionally clarified that no Congress chief has approached the AIUDF to hitch the opposition alliance. Saikia mentioned, “Once they went to Patna and Mumbai, I firmly mentioned that if Nitish Kumar or Sharad Pawar really feel they want AIUDF in Bihar or Maharashtra to garner votes, they’ll forge an alliance with them of their states, however the Assam Congress believes AIUDF is a non-entity and therefore there is no such thing as a want to incorporate Badruddin Ajmal within the opposition.”
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