BJP and Congress make separate road map for KAAC polls

On Saturday, both political parties separately organized their state executive meetings in Guwahati and prepared election oriented programmes for the forthcoming polls.

In the two-day long state executive meeting of BJP’s Assam unit held at Maligaon in the city, the leaders of the saffron party asked all party leaders and workers to compile a road-map for their own areas ahead of the polls.

“We have already engaged several party legislators and leaders in each constituency under the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council to collect feedback from the general voters and development issues. After scrutinizing the ground report, the party will announce the party candidate list for the council polls. We are not hurry to announce the party candidate list,” Assam BJP unit president Ranjit Kumar Das said.

Ranjit Kumar Das said that, apart from the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council election we are ready for the next Panchayat polls in the state.

The Assam BJP unit president also said that, his party will conduct a field survey in 50 odd assembly constituencies in the state, where opposition parties won.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP ministers, MPs were present in the meeting.

On the other hand, opposition Congress also made a separate road map for the upcoming elections in the state during their state executive meeting held in Guwahati on Saturday.

Assam Congress unit president Ripun Bora said that, Congress and Hills State Demand Council (HSDC) had already decided to jointly fight against BJP in the council polls.

“We will soon announce party candidate list and hope Congress and HSDC to form the next council,” Ripun Bora said.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)