Published 12:27 IST, November 30th 2020
Himanta Biswa Sarma's rally in Suklai Serfang attracts massive crowd ahead of BTC polls
Ahead of the Bodoland Territorial Council polls, Assam cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addressed a grand rally at Suklai Serfang in Baksa district
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Ahe of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) polls, rth East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) conver and Assam cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma dressed a grand rally at Suklai Serfang in Baksa district on Sunday.
election rally, which was attended by BJP national general secretary Dilip Saikia, Assam minister Bhabesh Kalita, Lok Sabha MP Pallab Lochan Das, former Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary, and or top leers drew a massive crowd.
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Overwhelmed with spontaneous response from public and massive show of support, Sarma thanked people of Suklai Serfang for "thunderous assertion of ir support to BJP". Taking to Twitter, BJP leer shared visuals of grand rally and reiterated party's commitment to ensure good governance and progress in Bodoland region.
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BJP releases manifesto for BTC polls
BJP on Friday released its election manifesto for upcoming Bodoland Territorial Council elections in Assam in December, promising all-round development in BTC, including according to equal importance to Assamese and Bodo langus. manifesto for two-phase elections on December 7 and 10 was released in Kokrajhar in presence of party's state president Ranjit Dass, and NEDA convener Himanta Biswa Sarma, among ors.
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Sarma said saffron party has emphasized 50 issues of BTC region. "I am confident that BJP will form next government in BTC with an absolute majority. corruption and commission raj in council will be stopped once party comes to power," he said.
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He said party has t yet projected anyone for post of chief of BTC, and it will be decided after results. " party will here to Bodo Regional Territory (BTR) accord. We will also take into consideration if any vill along boundary wants to enter BTC," minister said.
Sarma also said that BJP will extend support to independent candidates in constituencies where party has t minated candidates. manifesto also talked about a permanent appointment to youths on a merit basis, 10% job reservation for ecomically weaker sections, setting up hospitals, developing tourism sector, boosting pure drinking water facilities, and resolving man-elephant conflicts.
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12:27 IST, November 30th 2020