AIUDF wants to join opposition alliance INDIA….
The AIUDF is eager to join the 'India' coalition of 26 opposition parties, including the congress, but the leaders of the assam congress are opposing it. However, the congress in assam had started uniting opposition forces long before the formation of 'India'. The oldest party was successful in bringing 12 opposition parties of the state under one umbrella.The United Opposition Forum included the Left parties, Sivasagar mla AkhilGogoi'sRaijor Dole, former All assam Students' Union (AASU) leader LurinjyotiGogoi's assam JatiyaParishad (AJP) and others, but it lacked a major player in Assamese politics - BadruddinAjmal's All india United Democratic Front (AIUDF).
What did Aminul islam say?
Mamta Banerjee's trinamool congress and Arvind Kejriwal'sAamAadmi party (AAP) were also not given a place in the joint opposition platform. But after the announcement of 'India', the situation has changed to a great extent. TMC and AAP are now constituents of the opposition alliance but AIUDF is still out of the alliance.
Aminul islam, mla from Mankachar in assam and AIUDF general secretary, told IANS: "Nitish Kumar, one of the main leaders of the alliance, met us in patna a few weeks ago. Our leader BadruddinAjmal was also present there."He said, “As per the advice of the chief minister of Bihar, we also met sharad pawar in Mumbai. They were very keen to have us in the alliance, but it is true that we were not invited in the subsequent meetings." Since its formation in 2005, the AIUDF has been a major factor in Assamese politics. In the 2011 assembly elections, it became the primary opposition party in the state with 18 MLAs.
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