Assam Congress Ally Writes To Poll Body After Candidate Joins BJP
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BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary in a letter to the Election Commission on Thursday last urged the poll body to cancel election in the constituency.
The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) on Friday approached the Election Commission seeking permission to change the party's candidate for Tamulpur constituency after its candidate Rangja Khungur Basumatary joined the BJP five days before voting. BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary in a letter to the Election Commission on Thursday last urged the poll body to cancel election in the constituency. Mr Basumatary, whom the BPF - an ally of the Congress-led alliance - gave a ticket to contest from Tamulpur in Baksa district of Bodoland Territorial Region in western Assam, had after campaigning for the party till Wednesday last went on "hiding" and then joined the BJP even as the second phase of the Assam election was being held. Voting in Tamulpur constituency along with 43 others in western Assam will be held on April 6 in the third phase.
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