Bodoland People's Front

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The party flag of the Bodoland People's Front - a stylized ploughshare against the background of the Indian flag

Bodoland People's Front ( BPF , Assamese বড়োলেণ্ড পিপলছ ফ্ৰন্ট , "Bodoland People's Front") is a regional political party in the Indian state of Assam in the Bodoland region .

Party history

The party was founded in February 2003 after the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Accord ("Agreement on the Bodoland Territorial Council"), which led to the formation of the autonomous Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) in Assam. The predecessor of the BPF was the rebel organization Bodoland Liberation Tigers (BLT), which became a political party as a result of the agreement. The party's first chairman was former BLT leader Hagrama Bohilari. The aim of the party is the economic and social development of Bodoland. The goal of creating a state of Bodoland of its own is not explicitly formulated in the party program, but is repeatedly expressed in political statements. In its party program, the party expressly acknowledges the Indian constitution and, in flowery words, supports the peaceful and harmonious coexistence of all ethnic groups living in Bodoland. However, she was repeatedly accused of having participated in the recurring riots against non- Bodo ethnicities in Bodoland. BPF is a member of the Bodoland National Council, which was founded in 2010 as an umbrella organization for Bodo interests .

Election results

The first election to the 40 elected members of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), the self-governing council of the BTAD on May 13, 2005 with subsequent by-election in November 2005, was won by the BPF. In order not to jeopardize the peace agreement in Bodoland, the Congress Party did not take part in this election. In the next election to the BTC on April 9, 2010, the BPF won 32 seats and the Congress Party won 3. The next election to the BTC is scheduled for March 2015.

In the 2006 elections to Parliament in Assam, the BLF won 11 of the 126 seats and subsequently participated in the Congress-Party-led government. In the next parliamentary election in Assam in 2011, the BPF won 12 constituencies.

In the parliamentary elections in India in 2009 , the BPF was able to win the constituency of 5-Kokrajhar in northwest Assam, which covers most of Bodoland. In the parliamentary elections in 2004 and 2014 it was unsuccessful.

On June 26, 2014, the BPF terminated the political alliance with the Congress Party in Bodoland.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Monjib Mochahari: NDFB Movement: An Examination of Role of Civil and Political. (pdf) (No longer available online.) Tata Institute of Social Sciences, New Campus, formerly original ; accessed on January 29, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.internationalseminar.org  
  2. ^ Bodoland People's Front. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 11, 2011 ; accessed on January 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bpfassam.in
  3. ^ Victims point finger at Bodoland People's Front. Business Standard, May 6, 2014, accessed January 29, 2015 .
  4. ^ Kaushik Deka: Bodoland People's Front blamed for Assam killings. India today, May 2, 2014, accessed January 29, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b Bijay Sankar Bora: Setback for Cong in Assam. The Tribune of India, March 20, 2010, accessed January 29, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Bodoland at a Glance. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 29, 2015 ; accessed on January 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bodoland.in
  7. ↑ BPF sweeps BTC elections. The Assam tribune, April 13, 2010, accessed January 29, 2015 .
  8. ^ Bodoland Territorial Area District elections to be held in last part of March. The Economic Times, January 29, 2014, accessed January 29, 2015 .
  9. ↑ BPF AT ASSEMBLY 2006-2011 :. Bodoland People's Front, accessed January 29, 2015 .
  10. ↑ a b Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed January 29, 2015 .
  11. ^ Assam: Bodoland People's Front breaks ties with Congress. ibnlive.com, June 26, 2014, accessed January 29, 2015 .