The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) is a state

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. The party is headquartered in Kokrajhar Town and previously was in ruling government in the autonomous region of

Bodoland The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), informally Bodoland, is an autonomous region and a proposed state in Assam, Northeast India. It is made up of five districts on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river below the foothills of Bhutan and A ...

. The party joined

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after leaving National Democratic Alliance.

History

The BPF was formed as political party in year 2005,

Hagrama Mohilary Hagrama Mohilary (born 1 March 1969) is an Indian politician who has served as the Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council. Mohilary was elected as the Chief of Executive Committee of the Bodoland Territorial Council which c ...

and Emmanuel Mosahary were selected as the President and the General Secretary of the new party.

formed the first Elected Executive Bodoland Territorial Council after the end of the election.

Bodoland Peoples Front formed as per the resolution Vide No. 3, adopted in the Political convention held on 4th and 5th December 2005, as per BPF constitution, BPF shall bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of India as established by law and to the principles of democracy, socialism and secularism as enshrined in the Indian Constitution, and also solemnly affirm our commitment to work for upholding the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India. To work for strengthening the Indian Nationalism providing due respect to the identities of all sections of people.

The party began its journey in the 2011 Assam Legislative election where the party stormed and surprised everyone by winning 12 seats. The party also became the 3rd largest party behind

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and AIUDF, and this was considering the fact that the party had only contested 29 seats. Ahead of the 2016 Assam legislative election the party joined the National Democratic Alliance. The party was assigned 16 seats as per the agreement and won the same 12 seats. Despite just winning 12 seats the party had the best winning percentage and was part of the government in Assam. Then in 2021 the party left National Democratic Alliance and joined the

ahead of the 2021 Assam election. The party was assigned 12 seats and only ended up winning 4 seats, later the party decided to formally announce its departure from

, due to poor performance in the election.

Electoral performance

Development in BTC

Educational Institutions

Bodoland University Bodoland University (BU), established in 2009, is a public state collegiate university located in Kokrajhar, Assam, India. It is the first university in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) along with the Lower Assam region (except the capi ...

Kokrajhar Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous territory in Assam, one of the North Eastern states of India. Kokrajhar town is located along the bank of the river Gaurang. The North East Indian Railways divides the ci ...

Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar The Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar (CITK) is a public technical university established in 2006 and owned by the Government of India. It is located in Kokrajhar, Assam, India. The institute is spread across in Kokrajhar and offers Ba ...

Bineswar Brahma Engineering College Bineswar Brahma Engineering College was established in 2008 by Assam Government at Kokrajhar district, Assam. In 2006 Assam Government announced that an engineering college would be set up at Kokrajhar. The college is situated at a village calle ...

* Medical College, Besorgaon, Kokrajhar * Nursing College, Kokrajhar BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary laid the foundation stone of Udalguri Engineering College. BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary laid the foundation stone of a Rs 26-crore IT park at Onthai Gwlao, Chandamari, nearly 4 km northwest of Kokrajhar town.

References

{{National Democratic Alliance , state=collapsed State political parties in Assam Bodoland Political parties in Assam Recognised state political parties in India Political parties established in 2005 2005 establishments in Assam

History

Electoral performance

Development in BTC

Educational Institutions

See also

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