GUWAHATI, Jan 20: Assam PCC president Gaurav Gogoi has taken a dig at the BJP, alleging that the ruling party is “confused on alliances” even as he asserted that there would “definitely be an alliance among Opposition parties” for the Assembly elections.
Responding to a media query on alliances, Gogoi said, “It is the BJP that is confused about alliances. The BJP has not been able to decide whether it will form an alliance in Rabha Hasong or not. It has also failed to decide whether it will stay with BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary or UPPL chief Pramod Boro in Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).”
“The BJP has not been able to come to an understanding even with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP),” Gogoi said here on Tuesday.
He further alleged that within the BJP, only those who malign Sarbananda Sonowal are now being given importance for ticket distribution.
The Assam PCC chief also said that to suppress talk of the cold war between Sonowal and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, a section of people is spreading misinformation about Jitendra Singh.
On the vacant Rajya Sabha seat, Gogoi said that the Congress is not giving much importance to it at the moment.
“To win the Rajya Sabha seat, an alliance with AIUDF will be required. We have made it clear that under no circumstances will the Congress form an alliance with AIUDF. Therefore, we will think about that later,” he said.
Replying to a question on recent election surveys, Gogoi said that the Congress only believes in people’s surveys. “Surveys will keep coming. Even during the Jorhat Lok Sabha election, surveys had predicted that I would lose by three lakh votes. Everyone saw what eventually happened to those surveys,” he said.
Reacting to the controversy raised by the BJP over the Kaziranga elevated corridor, Gogoi said, “I am not against development. But development must be sustainable. If construction work is carried out without properly studying the environmental impact of the elevated corridor, the consequences may be counter-productive.”
