No alliance with AIUDF for next year’s Lok Sabha polls: Congress

Guwahati: Congress party has stated that there will be no alliance with All India United Democratic Front for next year’s Lok Sabha polls.

The party, as a preparation for next year’s polls, will hold discussions with 11 opposition parties.

AICC General Secretary in charge Assam Jitendra Singh who was in Guwahati on Thursday said, “The Congress President and AICC has earlier decided that we will not have any alliThe party, as a preparation for next year’s polls, will hold discussions with 11 opposition parties.


AICC General Secretary in charge Assam Jitendra Singh who was in Guwahati on Thursday said, “The Congress President and AICC has earlier decided that we will not have any alliance with AIUDF.”ance with AIUDF.”

Both Congress and AIUDF had fought the 2021 assembly in alliance and soon after polls Congress snapped ties with AIUDF.

In 2019 BJP contested 10 parliamentary seats while Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) contested three seats and Bodoland People’s Front contested one seat.

In 2019 parliamentary polls BJP in Assam increased its tally from seven of 2014 to nine in 2019, across Northeast India BJP which won eight seats in the last parliamentary election increased the seat tally to 14 in 2019. Together with allies, BJP won 18 seats out of 25 seats, the best ever performance of the Saffron party in the region.

While AIUDF won one seat, one seat was won by Independents in Assam. AGP drew blank. Congress party wrested three seats.