Congress' Assam Ally Moves Supreme Court To Postpone Tamulpur Polling
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BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary has also written to the Election Commission, and asked for permission to change his party's candidate for the Tamulpur seat
Assam's Bodoland People's Front (BPF) moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking postponement of polling in Tamulpur, after its candidate - Rangja Khungur Basumatary - defected to the BJP less than a week before voting and after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations. Tamulpur is scheduled to vote on Tuesday - the third and final phase of the Assam election. On Friday BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary wrote his second letter, in as many days, to the Election Commission, and asked for permission to change the BPF's candidate for the Tamulpur seat. "Since the candidate nominated by my party has changed his political allegiance barely a few days before polling through illegal inducements including bribery, he is no longer entitled to receive the votes under the BPF symbol," Mr Mohilary said in his letter.More Related News