Two days ahead of the third phase of the Assam Assembly election, the Bodoland Peopleโs Front (BPF) on Sunday moved the Supreme Court seeking postponement of polling in the Tamulpur constituency.
Tamulpur is scheduled to vote on Tuesday โ the third and final phase of the Assembly election.
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The BPF moved the top court after its candidate โ Rangja Khungur Basumatary โ defected to the BJP less than a week before voting and after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations.
On Friday BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary wrote his second letter, in as many days, to the Election Commission, and asked for permission to change the BPFโs candidate for the Tamulpur seat.
โSince the candidate nominated by my party has changed his political allegiance barely a few days before polling through illegal inducements including bribery, he is no longer entitled to receive the votes under the BPF symbol,โ Mohilary said in his letter.
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He also said Basumataryโs defection after the last date of withdrawal of nomination was an โact of fraudโ that violated the โcore requirement of fairness in electionsโ.
โโฆ in the interest of free and fair electionsโฆ this honourable commission is requested to consider permitting the BPF to immediately change its candidate from Tamulpurโฆ and to allot the party symbol to a new candidate, so as not to deny votersโฆ. the right and freedom to vote,โ he said.