AGP-BJP 'secret deal' miffs supporters
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Guwahati, March 05 2011:
After its offer for a grand alliance of the opposition parties in Assam flopped, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) now appears to have struck a 'secret deal' with the BJP to prevent a hat-trick of wins for the ruling Congress.
Both AGP and BJP have claimed to be maintaining a distance from each other.
But the choice of their candidates for the April 4 and 11 polls apparently suggests otherwise.
Supporters had put the AGP leadership under pressure, reminding them that the alliance with BJP had cost the party in the last Lok Sabha polls.
While the AGP won only one seat, the BJP won 4 seats out of a maximum 14 .
The AGP leadership subsequently severed its electoral ties with the BJP last year.
But it had last month called for a grand alliance of the opposition parties for achieving the common goal of ousting the Congress.