A file image of BPF president Hagrama Mohillary. Image: Northeast Now

Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)’s ally in Assam, will field Biswajit Daimary for the Rajya Sabha again.

This was disclosed by BPF president and Bodoland Territorial Council(BTC) chief Hagrama Mohillary in Kokrajhar on Sunday.

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Addressing a media, Mohillary asserted that his party members will attend a meet with the top BJP leaders in Guwahati on Monday to discuss the future course of action of the coalition regarding the forthcoming BTC council polls scheduled in the mid-April.

Mohillary also informed that the representatives of all the four factions of National Democratic Front of Boroland(NDFB) will also have a table talk with the officials of Assam government and Centre on Monday.

They will discuss in regard to rehabilitation of its cadres and withdrawal of cases by the due procedure of law as per the clauses of the Bodo pact.

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Out of seven Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, three will fall vacant on April 9.

Two are represented by Congress MPs who switched to BJP- Sanjay Singh and Bhubaneswar Kalita and the lone BPF leader Biswajit Daimary.

 

Rinoy Basumatary is Northeast Now Correspondent in Kokrajhar. He can be reached at: [email protected]