Assam polls: Grand alliance advised to target ‘realistic’ 70 seats
The Hindu
Hours after severing ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joining the Congress-led ‘mahajath’ or grand alliance, Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary said it would be more realistic to target 70 seats to form the next government in Assam.
Before the BPF became its seventh constituent, the grand alliance had eyed more than 100 of Assam’s 126 Assembly seats in response to the BJP’s “Mission 100”.
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