Assam Congress snaps ties with AIUDF

Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) indicates realignment with the BJP

The Congress in Assam has ejected the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) from the ‘Mahajot’ or opposition grand alliance that was formed ahead of the 2021 State election to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from returning to power. The Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), the third major entity in the alliance that had 10 political parties, has indicated gravitating back to the BJP although it has not announced its departure from the ‘Mahajot’. In its core committee meeting on Monday , the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee stopped short of calling the AIUDF communal while observing the “baffling behaviour and attitude” of the party led by MP and perfume baron Maulana Badruddin Ajmal “in relation to the BJP”.