Senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced that BJP will not ally with the Bodo Peoples’ Front (BPF) for the next year’s assembly elections in Assam.
He also said that BJP has already severed ties with the BPF for the upcoming Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) polls.
“It is for the BPF to read the writing on the wall,” further he added. BPF Rajya Sabha MP Bishwanath Daimary recently announced that he will soon switch over to the BJP. The BJP is contesting 27 of the 40 seats in the BTC polls, engaging in a direct contest with the BPF.
BTC election will be held in two phases, December 7 and 10, votes will be counted on December 12.
