Assam assembly polls campaign to begin from Feb 14 for Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be starting to campaign for the Assam Assembly polls from February 14 in the state from Shiv Sagar. This will be the first official visit to the pill-bound state of Assam this year. The Congress had announced primarily that it will form an alliance with five political parties in the upcoming assembly elections to challenge the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The President of the Assam Congress addressed a press conference on January 20 in Guwahati where he said “In the upcoming assembly polls, Congress, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Communist Party of India (CPI), CPI (Marxist), CPI (Marxist-Leninist) and Anchalik Gana Morcha will fight together to oust BJP. We will keep our doors open for other regional and anti-BJP parties to join us.”
In Assam the elections for the 126 seats in the Assam Assembly is likely to take place in April-May this year. However, the Election Commission of India is yet to announce the schedule for the elections.
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