Tezpur/Guwahati, March 31: A BJP leader of Sonitpur district today stirred a hornet’s nest by claiming that the NDFB’s Songbijit and Ranjan Daimary factions have pledged support to his party in the upcoming general elections, a revelation which brought the militant-politician nexus to the fore.
Bhabadev Goswami, a BJP leader from Jamugurihat in Sonitpur, today told a local news channel that he along with a few other party workers had a meeting with members of the two NDFB factions yesterday in the Bhalukpong area on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.
The two groups said they were dissatisfied with the Congress and had decided to support the BJP in the elections, Goswami said.
Soon after, the father of the Congress candidate from Tezpur parliamentary constituency, Bhupen Kumar Borah, filed an FIR with Biswanath Chariali police station in Sonitpur district. The FIR sought police action to thwart the threat to Borah who, too, had told the media about threat to his life following his role in containing the 2012 Kokrajhar riots.
The NDFB (S) had called a 12-hour bandh against the visit of Rahul Gandhi to campaign for Borah at Biswanath Chariali in protest against alleged anti-Bodo stand of the Congress and Borah in particular.
An emotional Borah this evening hit out at the BJP for alleged links with the outfits, saying he had been asked by police to move around in a bullet-proof car and vest.
“They have even asked me to wear a helmet while campaigning. I have entered a chakravyuh planned by Bhabadev and others but people of Tezpur will protect me. I also assure people that I will continue to raise my voice against militants in Lok Sabha polls,” Borah said.
Goswami made the statement at the venue of Narendra Modi’s rally at Biswanath Chariali in Sonitpur district today. According to Goswami, apart from cadres of the NDFB’s Songbijit and Ranjan Daimary factions, some surrendered NDFB cadres were also present at the meeting and assured to support the BJP
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