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Saturday, April 23, 2011

ASSAM POLITICS: Mahanta to lead the Opposition

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The former chief minister's elevation raises hopes in AGP

After a dismal showing in the 2001 and 2006 Assembly elections, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) ' the main opposition party in the Assam Assembly' is eager to regain its lost popularity ahead of the coming elections next year. After the Prafulla Kumar Mahanta led Asom Gana Prishad (Progressive)'s unification with the AGP last year, it's now time to show more goodwill gestures. So, AGP's Chandra Mohan Patowary decided to vacate the post of Leader of the Legislative Party of AGP to make way for Mahanta. Patowary in August had announced that he wanted to devote more time to organise the party and announced his unwillingness to carry on as the Leader of Opposition. The AGP's legislative party met on September 4 to elect Mahanta as their leader. After taking over as the Leader of Opposition, Mahanta told TSI that he would try his level best to implement party's agenda and would place sensitive issues of the state on the appropriate platform.

The AGP had first grabbed the power in 1985 in the aftermath of the historic Assam Agitation. It came to power again in 1996, but lost. popularity as a section of people felt that the AGP governments led by PK Mahanta had failed to implement the Assam Accord. Some of the leaders accused Mahanta of not doing much to execute the Accord and he was removed from the party leadership. Mahanta then formed a new party called the Asom Gana Parishad (P). Reacting on the development, AGP general secretary Atul Bora said that the party would gain from the latest development. 'The AGP MLAs have elected Mahanta as their leader. This will definitely help the party,' he said, adding that positive outcomes have already been noticed during the 'janasanyug yatra' launched by the party earlier this month.

On the other hand, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has lodged their protest against the development by showing him black flags.

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