# AGP’s steady decline persists despite decade in power 2026-08-16T07:46:19+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) continues its steady slide despite being the BJP's junior partner in Assam for a decade, The Hindu reports. The regional party has been allocated the same 26 seats as the 2021 election, but the constituencies are predominantly minority-heavy, reflecting its diminishing bargaining power. The BJP, which named no Muslim candidate, has passed these seats to its ally. The AGP dropped five-time MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita from Guwahati West, with the BJP fielding Vijay Kumar Gupta from the new Guwahati Central seat. Tensions brewed in Dergaon, Khumtai and Barhampur, where AGP wanted to contest. Meanwhile, Raijor Dal, born from anti-CAA protests, secured 11 seats from the Congress after alliance talks failed. The AGP's transformation from senior to junior partner is now irreversible. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: AGP, Assam, Atul Bora, BJP, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Raijor Dal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/agps-steady-decline-persists-despite-decade-in-power/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/agps-steady-decline-persists-despite-decade-in-power/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/