09-23-2008, 07:29 AM
Mahanta is now president of the AGP-Progressive, a party that he formed after he was unceremoniously expelled from the AGP for 'anti-party' activities. Mahanta, founder of the AGP, was earlier replaced as party president in 2001 on alleged bigamy charge. Mahanta was the only legislator to have won the 2006 Assembly elections from the AGP-P with analysts describing that the Congress party won the polls for the second straight term in 2006 as the regional party was fractured with two splinter groups fighting the elections.
Meanwhile, the new AGP president Patowary said that the party would soon forge a pre-poll alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to fight next year's parliamentary elections in Assam. "After formalising the tie-up with the BJP, we would go into the election mode across the State to defeat the Congress," Patowary said.
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Meanwhile, the new AGP president Patowary said that the party would soon forge a pre-poll alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to fight next year's parliamentary elections in Assam. "After formalising the tie-up with the BJP, we would go into the election mode across the State to defeat the Congress," Patowary said.
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