Asom Gana Parishad pulls out of BJP-led govt in Assam over Citizenship Bill
In yet another setback
for the BJP before the General Elections, the Asom Gana Parishad on Monday
withdrew support from the saffron party-led government in Assam over
Citizenship Bill. The announcement in this regard was made by AGP president
Atul Bora.
“We made a last ditch attempt
today to convince the Centre not to pass the Bill. But Singh told us clearly
that it will be passed in Lok Sabha tomorrow. After this, there is no question
of remaining in the alliance,” PTI reported Bora as saying after meeting the
home minister. The AGP, which is in alliance with the BJP (along with
the Bodoland People’s Front), has been threatening to break ties with the
alliance ever since the BJP announced its intention to table the Bill.
“We told the Home
Minister in categorical terms that this Bill will violate the Assam Accord, it
will hinder the ongoing NRC updation
process. We told him: ‘Please don’t do this for votes’,” said Bora.
The announcement
followed AGP leader and former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta’s
statement here that the party would withdraw support to the government in the
state if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, in passed by Lok Sabha... read more:
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