Former Assam chief minister and veteran Congress leader, Tarun Gogoi yet again denied the possibility of a pre-poll alliance with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), calling it a set of ‘lies’ promulgated in regional media.
"There is no possibility of an alliance with AIUDF. Even when I spoke with senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, he never mentioned about Badruddin Ajmal or took my opinion in this matter against media claim that I met him in Kolkata to talk about Congress-AIUDF alliance,” said Gogoi.
Stating that the five Lok Sabha party candidates from Assam in the third batch of Congress hopefuls will perform well in the coming elections, Tarun Gogoi refuted claims that he would forge an alliance with AIUDF for winning the Kaliabor seat for his son Gaurav Gogoi. The BJP, on the other hand, has already decided to offer the seat to AGP as part of their pre-poll alliance.
“Some are saying it is for my son that Congress wants to garner support from Ajmal. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Gaurav Gogoi won 2.32 lakh votes defeating the BJP candidate. This time too, I am confident we will win – not just from Kaliabor and Silchar, but the 3 other seats announced by high command.”
The Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency with a total population of 13, 64, 513 (2011 census) spans across ten assembly constituencies – Samaguri, Kaliabor, Dhing, Golaghat, Bokakhat, Dergaon (SC), Batadroba, Rupohihat, Sarupathar and Khumtai. According to the 2011 census, 31.33 percent voters in Kaliabor are Muslims. The total number of voters in 2016 was 14.47 lakh, which according to sources has risen by nearly 20 percent in 2019.
The Congress is fielding All India Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev from the Silchar Lok Sabha seat, Gaurav Gogoi from Kaliabor, Swarup Das from Karimganj, Sushanta Borgohain from Jorhat and Paban Singh Ghatowar from Dibrugarh.
(With inputs from Manash Jyoti Baruah)
First Published: Mar 16, 2019 6:10 PM IST
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