GUWAHATI: Interestingly, in the panchayat polls, all parties failed to put up an impressive performance in the home constituencies of their party presidents.
The BJP, which has otherwise performed well overall, performed poorly in its president’s constituency. In Ranjit Das’s constituency Sorbhog, three out of four seats were clinched by the Congress in the ZPC.
Further, even in the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president Atul Bora’s Bokakhat constituency, the AGP could not do much. In Bora’s constituency, BJP won all the four ZPC posts in Rangamati, Kaziranga, Mahura and Bokakhat seats.
In Bokakhat, out of the 20 GPs, BJP got 13 and AGP only got 6 while Congress won one seat.
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Commenting on the results, party president Atul Bora said that he has accepted the people’s verdict with humility and he also congratulated the BJP on their victory. He added that the AGP will continue to make regionalism politics strong in Assam.
Interestingly, former chief minister, party founder and party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta also could not save his bastion.
Further, Congress president Ripun Bora’s constituency Gohpur, which was under the Congress for the past 15 years, was clinched by the BJP.
Similarly, AIUDF’s fort in Jamunamukh constituency with MLA Abdur Rahman Ajmal saw a dismal performance by the party. Out of the 24 GPs, 17 were clinched by the Congress while AIUDF managed to win only one GP seat. Further, all the four ZPCs were bagged by the Congress.
