Assam: BJP pulls up all stops to achieve its Mission 84

October 30, 2015 21:06

A strong anti-incumbency against the ruling Congress in Assam coupled with flagging fortunes of the regional Asom Gana Parishad and Left parties have provided the BJP with a perfect ground to have brush with power in the state for the first time after the next assembly polls provided the weak cadre base of the party doesn't come in the way, Anurag Kashyap/ Rediff.com report.

After tasting overwhelming success in 2014 Lok Sabha polls when the part won seven out of the total 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, the saffron party readily announced that it would aim to win 84 seats out of the total 126 Assembly seats in Assam in 2016 polls.

The party rode on the surging Modi wave even in Assam during Lok Sabha polls. But, Assembly polls are a different ball game that is dictated by local issues, candidates charisma, partys strength in the grassroots. Though the BJP claims that about 25 lakh joined the party after Lok Sabha polls in response to its membership drive through SMS, what the party needs at this juncture is real hardcore worker in the ground to covert the advantage it has to votes on the poll day.

Realising its inherent weakness in the party organisation in Assam where the BJP has only five MLAs in the Assembly as on date, the party has won over a strong Congress leader in the form of Dr Himanta Bishwa Sarma who was a work horse for chief minister Tarun Gogoi besides being a very dynamic leader.

At least nine more Congress MLAs are set to join the BJP on November 4. A senior AGP MLA, Padma Hazarika too is set to join the BJP which is in constant touch with several other senior AGP leaders to join the party before Assembly election.

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