Ahead of assembly polls in Assam in March-April this year, Congress cobbled up ten parties led grand alliances. However post-election there was growing clamour in Congress to abandon AIUDF.
Congress leader Rockybul Hussain told media persons on Monday that Congress core committee has resolved to sever ties with AIUDF. “We will make this recommendation to AICC.”
The relationship between the two parties strained after the leaders of AIUDF started praising the Himanta Biswa Sarma led government in Assam.
Congress leaders said that AIUDF leaders for individual gains are praising the BJP led government.
A section of Congress leaders has been maintaining that alliance with AIUDF has assisted the AIUDF and Congress suffered reverses in Upper Assam due to alliance.
BJP in the run up to assembly polls has run a campaign branding AIUDF as a communal party.
Congress made repeated overtures to bring regional political party Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and Peasant leader, Akhil Gogoi led Raijor Dal to the grand alliance however these parties refused to join the front citing presence of AIUDF.
Assam is likely to witness bye-elections in five assembly constituencies and now the regional parties are making overtures to Congress to jointly fight the election.
Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi recently stated, “I believe it is time for the Indian National Congress party in Assam to be independent of the Mahajot. The Congress party is the only party that can take on the BJP”
He added, “For that we need to strengthen our party organisation across Assam including those constituencies where there are MLAs of the Mahajot.”
Congress in this year’s assembly polls won 29 seats while its ally All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) won 14 seats. Two sitting Congress MLAs have resigned from the assembly.
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