Assam assembly polls: Cong yet to finalise alliance with any party

Guwahati, Jan 9 : Ahead of the Assam assembly elections, Congress leaders in the state are trying hard to form a “Mahagathbandhan” with the AIUDF, Left and other parties. However, AICC General Secretary Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that the party has not yet finalised an alliance with any party for the ensuing polls.
Singh, party leader in-charge of Assam, said that the Congress has neither finalised any alliance with the AIUDF (All India United Democratic Front) nor with the Left or any other party.
“We have also not had any talks for a pre-poll understanding with any regional party,” the former Lok Sabha member said, adding that the party’s central leadership would take a call on any electoral alliance after feedback from the grassroots Congress workers.” The Assam Congress leadership has been saying that they would form a “Mahagathbandhan” (Grand Alliance) with like-minded parties to fight against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led alliance.
Besides the AIUDF, a Muslim-dominated party in Assam and the Left parties, the state Congress leaders including party president Ripun Bora held several meetings during the past few months with ‘like minded parties’.
According to Congress Spokesperson Rhituporna Konwar the like minded parties include Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) led by jailed leader Akhil Gogoi, various tribal and local parties besides the AIUDF and Left parties including the Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Communist Party of India.