BJP misusing power to win panchayat polls: Asom
Guwahati: BJP achieved a unilateral win in panchayat polls by holding democratic values hostage, alleged
Asom Sanmilita Morcha
(Asom) on Monday. ASOM is an umbrella platform of opposition parties, except Congress.ASOM alliance president Ajit Kumar Bhuyan and general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi alleged that BJP misused govt machinery to ensure victory in many panchayat bodies across the state.
They added that BJP used police to weaken opposition candidates and even blackmailed voters by threatening to withhold welfare schemes if votes were not cast in BJP's favour. This, they said, marked a new low in Assam's electoral history.ASOM also accused some BJP leaders and candidates, without taking any names, of importing unethical political practices from states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, using money and muscle power to influence the outcome. "By holding the democratic system hostage, BJP has falsely projected an image of widespread popularity in Assam," they stated in the statement.ASOM further emphasised that to defeat the anti-democratic, anti-people BJP, there is no alternative but for all BJP and AIUDF-opposing parties in Assam to unite. They argued that whenever BJP secured a sweeping victory in the past, it was due to the fragmentation of opposition votes. Similarly, in this Panchayat election, BJP capitalised on the divided opposition. They stressed that if an environment is to be created for defeating BJP in assembly elections next year, then it is imperative for all secular democratic political parties to come together, a realisation the opposition leadership must come to.Guwahati: BJP achieved a unilateral win in panchayat polls by holding democratic values hostage, alleged Asom Sanmilita Morcha (Asom) on Monday. ASOM is an umbrella platform of opposition parties, except Congress.ASOM alliance president Ajit Kumar Bhuyan and general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi alleged that BJP misused govt machinery to ensure victory in many panchayat bodies across the state. They added that BJP used police to weaken opposition candidates and even blackmailed voters by threatening to withhold welfare schemes if votes were not cast in BJP's favour. This, they said, marked a new low in Assam's electoral history.ASOM also accused some BJP leaders and candidates, without taking any names, of importing unethical political practices from states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, using money and muscle power to influence the outcome. "By holding the democratic system hostage, BJP has falsely projected an image of widespread popularity in Assam," they stated in the statement.ASOM further emphasised that to defeat the anti-democratic, anti-people BJP, there is no alternative but for all BJP and AIUDF-opposing parties in Assam to unite. They argued that whenever BJP secured a sweeping victory in the past, it was due to the fragmentation of opposition votes. Similarly, in this Panchayat election, BJP capitalised on the divided opposition. They stressed that if an environment is to be created for defeating BJP in assembly elections next year, then it is imperative for all secular democratic political parties to come together, a realisation the opposition leadership must come to.
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