Guwahati (The Stellar News): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal officially declared that Pramod Boro, the former president of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), will take oath as chief executive member of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) were elections were held recently. Sonowal appreciated all election officials and workers for peaceful BTC polls on 7 and 10 December where 80% voters participated in the battle of ballots. He also hoped that the new council will work in the spirit of harmony towards a new horizon of progress & equal development of all communities of the region.
Pramod Boro, who led the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) to win 12 seats in the 40-mmeber council, is expected to take the oath as the new council chief on 15 December at BTC’s headquarter in Kokrajhar. He promised equal development to everyone living in the council covering the districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri in lower Assam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda, etc separately congratulated the winning candidates of the BTC polls. Stating that the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is committed to serve people of the northeastern region, PM Modi wished BJP-UPPL alliance a success fulfilling people’s aspirations.
Shah and Nadda appreciated the hard works of State chief minister Sonowal, State minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, saffron party’s State president Ranjeet Kr Dass, its national general secretary Dileep Saikia along with UPPL leaders in the electoral battles. They asserted that the results showed the faith of electorates in the able leadership of PM Modi and pro-people policies of NDA undoubtedly.
Former militant turned politician Hagrama Mohilary who led Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) won 17 seats and emerged as the single largest party in the territorial council. Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), which broke the alliance with the BPF for the polls, won nine seats. The saffron party could win only one seat in the last council elections (2015). Another former militant turned Parliamentarian Naba Saraniya led Gana Suraksha Party (GSP), which won only one seat also extended its support to the proposed BJP-UPPL council. The Congress which went for a pre-poll alliance with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) also won only one seat and the Badruddin Ajmal led Muslim interest oriented party scored zero in the polls.
