Eye on Assam polls, BJP revives alliance with BPF after Bodoland drubbing

FACING perhaps the toughest Assam elections early next year, the ruling BJP has revived its alliance with the Bodoland People's Front (BPF).

- PRASANTA MAZUMDAR @ Guwahati

The BPF had ousted the BJPUnited People's Party Liberal (UPPL) combine from power in the Bodoland Territorial Region last month by bagging 28 seats in the elections to the 40-member autonomous Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). In less than a month after the landslide victory, the BPF formally joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday following a call from the BJP. Charan Boro, a BPF legislator, was sworn in as a minister. The BPF will r