Bodoland Elections

Bundling protests ("andolan") and terrorism ("atankwad") together once again, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the victory of the BJP in the March-April election in Assam indicated the people of the state had "chosen development".

At least nine candidates of the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), a key ally in the Congress-led grand alliance in Assam, have been shifted to a resort in the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh after the recently held Assembly polls in that state, a local Congr

Bodoland leader Hagrama Mohillary's party has become the second opposition outfit to move out its candidates -- at least 10 of them besides some top leaders -- from the state for fear of poaching by the BJP.

Assam's Bodoland People's Front's petition (BPF) to postpone polling in Tamulpur - days after its candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary defected to the BJP - was today turned down by the Supreme Court.

The Election Commission has refused to intervene in the matter of Rangja Khungur Basumatary - the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) candidate from Assam's Tamulpur who joined the BJP this week, just days before polling in his constituency

Assam Election 2021: Assam's Bodoland People's Front (BPF) moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking postponement of polling in Tamulpur, after its candidate - Rangja Khungur Basumatary - defected to the BJP less than a week before voting

The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) on Friday approached the Election Commission seeking permission to change the party's candidate for Tamulpur constituency after its candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary joined the BJP five days before voting.

Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary Thursday joined BJP ahead of the third phase of poll in Assam when the constituency in which he is a contestant is slated to go to the poll.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was at Bodoland Territorial Region for the first time after the signing of a peace accord last year, attempted to connected with young people in the region through talks about football and attacked the Congress and i

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP parliamentary board will decide who the next Chief Minister of Assam will be and that was none of his concern, state Cabinet Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. Expressing confidence at his party's victory in the ongoing Assembly polls, he downplayed the Bodoland People's Front and its chief, Hagrama Mohi...

Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary on Tuesday asserted that the Grand Alliance led by "old friend" Congress will perform the last rites of the BJP-led government in Assam by winning the upcoming assembly elections.

Once known as a kingmaker in Assam politics, Hagrama Mohilary, the chief of the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), today formally returned to the Congress fold, joining the Mahajath or grand alliance led by the state's main opposition party. It is, technically, still in alliance with the BJP till the end of this Assembly's term, one that it had yesterd...

In a boost for the Congress-led coalition before next month's elections in Assam, the Bodoland Peoples' Front or BPF on Saturday announced that it was quitting the alliance headed by the ruling BJP and joining the opposition front.

The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election, the results for which were declared on Saturday, threw up a fractured mandate with no party able to gather the winning figure. Deemed the "semi-final" before the Assam legislative polls of next year, it, however, saw the BJP making major inroads with nine seats won this time compared to one in 2015.

Over 70 per cent polling has been recorded in the first phase of Bodoland Territorial Council polls till 5pm today; the crucial elections are built up as the semi-finals to the 2021 Assam assembly polls just six months away.

Bundling protests ("andolan") and terrorism ("atankwad") together once again, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the victory of the BJP in the March-April election in Assam indicated the people of the state had "chosen development".

At least nine candidates of the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), a key ally in the Congress-led grand alliance in Assam, have been shifted to a resort in the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh after the recently held Assembly polls in that state, a local Congr

Bodoland leader Hagrama Mohillary's party has become the second opposition outfit to move out its candidates -- at least 10 of them besides some top leaders -- from the state for fear of poaching by the BJP.

Assam's Bodoland People's Front's petition (BPF) to postpone polling in Tamulpur - days after its candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary defected to the BJP - was today turned down by the Supreme Court.

The Election Commission has refused to intervene in the matter of Rangja Khungur Basumatary - the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) candidate from Assam's Tamulpur who joined the BJP this week, just days before polling in his constituency

Assam Election 2021: Assam's Bodoland People's Front (BPF) moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking postponement of polling in Tamulpur, after its candidate - Rangja Khungur Basumatary - defected to the BJP less than a week before voting

The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) on Friday approached the Election Commission seeking permission to change the party's candidate for Tamulpur constituency after its candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary joined the BJP five days before voting.

Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary Thursday joined BJP ahead of the third phase of poll in Assam when the constituency in which he is a contestant is slated to go to the poll.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was at Bodoland Territorial Region for the first time after the signing of a peace accord last year, attempted to connected with young people in the region through talks about football and attacked the Congress and i

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP parliamentary board will decide who the next Chief Minister of Assam will be and that was none of his concern, state Cabinet Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. Expressing confidence at his party's victory in the ongoing Assembly polls, he downplayed the Bodoland People's Front and its chief, Hagrama Mohi...

Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary on Tuesday asserted that the Grand Alliance led by "old friend" Congress will perform the last rites of the BJP-led government in Assam by winning the upcoming assembly elections.

Once known as a kingmaker in Assam politics, Hagrama Mohilary, the chief of the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), today formally returned to the Congress fold, joining the Mahajath or grand alliance led by the state's main opposition party. It is, technically, still in alliance with the BJP till the end of this Assembly's term, one that it had yesterd...

In a boost for the Congress-led coalition before next month's elections in Assam, the Bodoland Peoples' Front or BPF on Saturday announced that it was quitting the alliance headed by the ruling BJP and joining the opposition front.

The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election, the results for which were declared on Saturday, threw up a fractured mandate with no party able to gather the winning figure. Deemed the "semi-final" before the Assam legislative polls of next year, it, however, saw the BJP making major inroads with nine seats won this time compared to one in 2015.

Over 70 per cent polling has been recorded in the first phase of Bodoland Territorial Council polls till 5pm today; the crucial elections are built up as the semi-finals to the 2021 Assam assembly polls just six months away.