BJP to go alone in BTC polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going solo in the forthcoming BTC election, despite being a coalition partner of the Hagrama Mohilary-led BPF at Dispur. The decision was taken during an organisational meeting of the BJP at Rangia on Wednesday evening.

It may be mentioned here that the BJP currently has only one member in 45 member council seats of BTC headquartered in Kokrajhar, where elections are held for 40 seats while the rest are nominated by the Governor from the communities which are not least represented.

The electionfor the BTC is scheduled to be held on April 4 (Saturday). Receipt ofnomination papers will continue till 3 pm of March 18 (Wednesday) and scrutinywill be done on March 19 (Thursday). The last date for withdrawal ofcandidature is March 21 (Saturday) and the same day the final list ofcontestants will be published. Re-polling, if any, will be held on April 6(Monday) and counting of votes will take place on April 8 (Wednesday).