'Mahajoot' in Assam to take on BJP, says APCC Chief Ripun Bora

Bora also said that out of 126 in the state, his party will contest about 90 seats and the rest 36 seats will be contested by the others. He also exuded confidence that the next Chief Minister will be from the Congress party.

''We are ready to fight the next Assembly elections under 'Mahajoot' where the Congress will be the majority stakeholder while AIUDF, Left and some ethnic groups will be a part of it,'' said Bora.

Meanwhile, the AIUDF and a new regional party formed by Rajya Sabha MP Ajit Kumar Bhuyan have already agreed to fight together with Congress against the ruling BJP.

The APCC Chief who has been slogging to form the alliance has conveyed the idea of 'Mahajoot' to the party high command about the initial talks with the like-minded parties and got a by and large approval of it.

As of now, it is considered that Bora will be the front-runner for the Chief ministership if the Congress is voted to power. However, he made it clear that no one is projected as a chief ministerial candidate and it will be decided by the MLAs after the polls along with the approval of the high command.

Slamming the BJP-led state government on failing in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of people, Bora said that his party will form the next government in Assam and the BJP might try to polarise the electioneering but it would not be successful.

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