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All-party meet held to take opinion on deferred BTC polls

Guwahati, Oct 6 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today chaired an all
party meeting here regarding the current scenario at Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR).
State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, taking part in the meeting, said in view of
possibility of rapid increase in the spread of novel Coronavirus in the forthcoming festive
season, a proposal has been submitted to the Chief Minister to hold the BTR election in
December and to reach at an unanimous decision regarding that, the all party meeting has
been called.
During the meeting, MP, Kokrajhar, Naba Kumar Sarania, UPPL’s Pramod Bodo, BPPF’s
Rabiram Narzary, AIUDF’s Aminul Islam, Indian National Congress’ Durga Das Boro,
CPI-M’s Deben Bhattacharya, Bharatiya Gana Parishad’s Sukanta Majumdar, Lalit Pegu of
Voters Party International, Keshab Mahanta of AGP, and BJP’s Jayanta Das expressed
their opinions about holding the BTR elections.
Saying that the all party meeting has been called for knowing the views of all political
parties regarding BTR elections, Sonowal said the democratic system must be taken
forward by all the stakeholders and he stressed on the need to work with ‘Team Assam’
spirit cutting across political affiliations.
He also said views of the parties have been duly noted for discussion in tomorrow’s
cabinet meeting and interest of the people of BTR would be given priority while taking
any decision.
Sonowal stated that importance would be given to take forward the democratic
process while observing all necessary health protocols and both the government and
opposition must be united to serve the interest of the people.
Industries Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary, Agriculture Minister Atul Bora, PHED
Minister Rihan Daimary, WPTBC Department Minister Chandan Brahma along with
several other ministers and top officials of the state government attended the meeting.
The Bodoland Territorial Council election was due on April, but had to be postponed
due to the outbreak of the pandemic, and the area is under governor’s rule currently.
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