GUWAHATI, May 16: Minority leader Badrunddin Ajmal stunned Congress heavyweight and MP Anwar Hussain in Dhubri constituency as the AUDF, despite being at its infancy, made further inroads into the State signaling the rise of minority politics.
Less than three years after its maiden appearance in the Assembly elections in which it bagged ten seats, the Ajmal brigade triggered a major upset for the Congress — which has so far flaunted the minority vote bank foretelling major changes in the State’s political scenario in the days to come.Founded just prior to 2006 State Assembly elections, the AUDF went on to win 10 seats in the polls, emerging as the third largest party in a State which has witnessed drastic changes in its demography due to unabated infiltration from neighbouring Bangladesh.Ajmal led the party to the convincing show in the Assembly elections and repeated the magic in the party’s debut Lok Sabha polls, with the poll results indicating that it has eroded the Congress votes in most of the constituencies.Though he professes to be a voice of all minority communities irrespective of caste and creed, Ajmal’s party is identified to be a Muslim-dominated one.
Bete noire of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, the party’s central leadership was reported to have warmed up to Ajmal before the Lok Sabha polls, but Gogoi’s adamant stand against any tie-up with the AUDF kept the party away. THE SENTINEL
Less than three years after its maiden appearance in the Assembly elections in which it bagged ten seats, the Ajmal brigade triggered a major upset for the Congress — which has so far flaunted the minority vote bank foretelling major changes in the State’s political scenario in the days to come.Founded just prior to 2006 State Assembly elections, the AUDF went on to win 10 seats in the polls, emerging as the third largest party in a State which has witnessed drastic changes in its demography due to unabated infiltration from neighbouring Bangladesh.Ajmal led the party to the convincing show in the Assembly elections and repeated the magic in the party’s debut Lok Sabha polls, with the poll results indicating that it has eroded the Congress votes in most of the constituencies.Though he professes to be a voice of all minority communities irrespective of caste and creed, Ajmal’s party is identified to be a Muslim-dominated one.
Bete noire of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, the party’s central leadership was reported to have warmed up to Ajmal before the Lok Sabha polls, but Gogoi’s adamant stand against any tie-up with the AUDF kept the party away. THE SENTINEL
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