BPF Party Boosted by Joinings from Other Parties Ahead of BTAD Elections

Guwahati, September 23, 2019:

The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) party has been bolstered by the recruitment of several other parties' members into the BPF fold ahead of the BTAD elections, to be held in April, 2020. The joining took place the party headquarters at Suklai.

Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Ganesh Kachary informed that members of many parties have joined the BPF ahead of the elections. Kachary told Inside Northeast that on September 22, many members from the BJP, non-Bodo organization, CPI, Congress, former ABSU and former AASU members joined the BPF party.

"They have joined the BPF party by looking at the progress achieved in the past. 100 members from the Abodo Suraksha Committee joined us, 17 members from the BJP, 49 from ABSU and another 249 from other parties who are new have joined us", EM Kachary said.

Meanwhile, Naba Kr. Sarania is also planning to launch a massive bid in the upcoming Council elections with his newly-launched People's Protection Party.

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While speaking to Inside Northeast, Sarania said that the main motive behind the party’s launch is to secure the rights of all the people living in the BTAD area. “Some of the issues have reached boiling point, and it is finally time to address them. For instance, many people living here have no land rights, no means of earning a living. Unless these people are given a political voice, their concerns will never reach Dispur”, Sarania divulged.

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“There have also been murmurs of an ethnic cleansing of non-Bodos living in these areas. They have no rights. Thus, this part will fight for their long desired rights”, he added.

The Lok Sabha MP also spoke about the formation of a 20,000 strong ‘BTAD Army’ which will work at the grassroots level to strengthen the party’s structure.

The BTAD elections will be contested in April of 2020.

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