Now Reading: AGP holds 26 Assam seats but loses ground to BJP
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AGP holds 26 Assam seats but loses ground to BJP
The Story in Brief
The Asom Gana Parishad will contest 26 seats in Assam, matching its 2021 tally, but The Hindu reports that its constituency choices show a weaker position within the BJP-led alliance. The party has retained Bokakhat, Kaliabor, Barpeta and Tezpur, while losing traditional areas such as Dergaon, Khumtai and Barhampur to the BJP. Veteran leader Ramendra Narayan Kalita has also been dropped.
Thirteen AGP candidates are from the minority community, the highest share among major parties except the AIUDF. The Hindu says the BJP, which has fielded no Muslim candidate among its 89 nominees, has assigned its ally several seats with large minority populations. AGP won nine seats in 2021, but could still match that figure through vote transfers and new entrants.
The Indian Opinion
The claim that AGP’s unchanged seat count proves stability ignores where those seats now lie. But the opposite claim, that the party is already finished, also runs ahead of the evidence. It still has established leaders, a regional identity and an alliance capable of transferring votes. The sharper test is whether it can win at least the nine seats secured in 2021, and whether any come from constituencies ceded by the BJP.
Source: thehindu.com
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