The Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF) has announced that it was quitting the alliance headed by the ruling BJP and joining the opposition front led alliance of Congress. BPF leader Hagrama Mohilary in a statement said “To work for Peace, Unity, and Development and to bring a stable government, free from corruption in Assam, the Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF) has decided to join hands with MAHAJATH. BPF shall no longer maintain friendship or alliance with BJP. In the forthcoming Assam Assembly Election BPF shall work hand to hand with Mahajath.”
The BPF has three ministers in the BJP-led coalition government in Assam and emerged as the single-largest party in the BTC polls in December, winning 17 seats in the 40-member body.