Guwahati: Conceitedness, directionless management and an unchanging physique language are among the many causes for the Congress drawing a clean within the thirteenth North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) election, former Assam unit common secretary Apurba Bhattacharjee stated.
Bhattacharjee advised ThePrint that he was compelled to depart the celebration and submit his resignation Saturday.
What may very well be a double whammy for the opposition celebration is the hypothesis about Bhattacharjee, the Dima Hasao in-charge, rejoining the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) the place he minimize enamel in politics.
Highlighting the poor election marketing campaign in North Cachar Hills, he stated the Congress failed to provide significance to this election and had no plan.
“To some extent, it is a tradition in such councils or autonomous council elections — they always prefer to remain with the ruling party. It is quite natural. When the Congress was in power, all councils, developmental councils were with it,” he stated.
“But being the strongest opposition that wants to come back to power, I didn’t see any plan on ground. They failed to give importance to this election. Then what is the use of my sacrifice?”
Polling for the 28 NCHAC constituencies was held 8 January, and the outcomes had been declared Friday. Whereas the BJP gained 25 seats, the remaining three went to Independents. The BJP gained uncontested in six seats. The TMC, the AAP and BJP’s ally AGP drew a clean, indicating ‘outsiders’ weren’t discovering area within the hills.
The BJP took cost of the NCHAC administration in 2019 after profitable 19 seats. Again then, the Congress had two seats whereas many of the different seats went to Impartial candidates.
In addition to the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council and the Bodoland Territorial Council, the NCHAC is the third tribal council below the Sixth Schedule in Assam the place the BJP is in energy — by itself or in alliance with smaller regional events.
Pointing to the vanity of state and central leaders, Bhattacharjee stated the celebration would possibly by no means discover the trail again to energy.
“Since joining the Congress, I had seen that they weren’t grasping the reality. If you want to swim against the direction, you might very well acquire the strength needed to do so, and have a proper plan. But such a plan was never visualised, and I also failed to communicate the same to the state and central leadership. Actually, they were not ready to listen,” he stated.
“The high command thinks it knows everything despite us being born and brought up here. They have no idea on the environment of the state or the demography. I was fed up with them. If they were not ready to listen to the reality and my pain, they’re not concerned about their own future. Even after losing elections, they have not changed body language. It’s quite impossible for the party to make a comeback.”
The state BJP management, in the meantime, is exalted with the help of Christian voters in Dima Hasao, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma making this level on social media platform ‘X’ Friday.
Thanks Dima Hasao!
The resounding mandate given by the individuals to @BJP4Assam within the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council elections is a reassertion of the immense religion they’ve on the developmental agenda of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji.
This victory… pic.twitter.com/P70KMkZKID
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 12, 2024
“The Christian voters in North Cachar Hills have accepted us for translating ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” into actuality below PM Modi. The indigenous Assamese individuals within the hills had been lengthy disadvantaged of improvement below the Congress authorities,” stated BJP state spokesperson Dewan Dhrubajyoti Ethical.
“Also, with CM Himanta Biswa Sarma raising the bar with his development initiatives, the Congress bid farewell with zero votes. It is an answer against the injustice during Congress rule.”
(Edited by Tony Rai)
Additionally Learn: ‘A deal with a defanged tiger’? ULFA’s historical past & how peace pact may influence Paresh Baruah faction