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GUWAHATI: The March 31 elections to 2 Rajya Sabha seats in Assam shall be a problem for the weakened Congress to stay its flock in combination.
It’s contesting in a single seat and subsidized through the minority-based All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF). BJP and its best friend United Other folks’s Celebration Liberal (UPPL) – each elements of the state’s ruling coalition – are contesting in a single seat each and every. The ruling facet has the enhance of Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland Other folks’s Entrance.
The Congress calls for the votes of 42 MLAs and it claims to have 44 MLAs on its facet. Two of them are, on the other hand, underneath suspension. Of the 2, one – Sashi Kanta Das – mentioned the long run is at all times unsure and he might be unwell at the day of elections.
The BJP-UPPL mix has the votes of 82 MLAs – two wanting the specified quantity to win each seats. If there’s no cross-voting, BJP and Congress will win one seat each and every. Alternatively, some statements and movements of the ruling facet greater Congress’ worries.
Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the home of Das just lately, a lot to the chagrin of the Congress. Das is kind of with the BJP.
Regardless of now not having the specified numbers, Sarma had asserted the ruling coalition would win each seats. However the Congress slammed him in addition to Meeting Speaker Biswajit Daimary for his or her alleged makes an attempt to hotel to horse-trading.
On a couple of instance, Daimary mentioned MLAs don’t get disqualified for cross-voting – a remark criticised through Pradesh Congress leader Bhupen Kumar Borah.
“Biswajit Daimary has insulted the Speaker’s chair. We now have gained lawsuits from our MLAs that he’s inciting them for cross-voting,” Borah alleged.
Every other state Congress chief Rituparno Konwar mentioned Daimary’s motion didn’t behove of the Speaker.
“It’s unlucky that he insulted a constitutional put up. A Speaker will have to be independent. She or he will have to now not behave like an agent of the Leader Minister or any birthday party. He’s the father or mother of the Meeting and he will have to behave responsibly,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Given Sarma’s political acumen in dealing with such eventualities, there’s a belief that some MLAs of the Opposition may get influenced through the BJP. Alternatively, the Congress claimed its MLAs had been intact.
“None of our MLAs will vote for the applicants of ruling events,” Konwar mentioned.
The AIUDF mentioned it will factor a three-line whip to its MLAs to vote in favour of the Congress candidate Ripun Bora, who is looking for re-election. Pabitra Margherita and Rwngwra Narzary are the applicants of BJP and UPPL respectively.