One of Assam’s senior ministers Pramila Rani Brahma vented her ire at the BJP on Sunday, a day after her party the Bodoland People’s Front — had walked out of the ruling alliance stitched before the 2016 Assembly polls. The BPF on Sunday afternoon formally joined the Congress-led grand alliance in Guwahati and exuded confidence of forming a non-BJP government with absolute majority. 

Pramila, the 1951-born social welfare minister said trying to justify the end of their alliance with the BJP  “How could we stay with the BJP after what they did to us? They betrayed us... repeatedly insulted us... telling publicly they will not ally with us during and after the BTC polls. They will ally with the new party (UPPL). That is why we left. State BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass had publicly said the BPF has no shame because we have not left the government. But why should we leave? Our alliance is for five years,”

The BPF had ended its 13-year alliance with the Congress in June 2014 citing lack of development of the BTC under the Congress-led government. One key reason was, however, the change of guard at the Centre — Narendra Modi-led NDA government replacing Manmohan Singh-led UPA regime. The BPF or other smaller regional parties have invariably sided with the party at the Centre but this time the BPF has an “axe to grind” against the BJP for dumping it for UPPL despite its “very public attempts” to work together with the BJP to run the council.

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