The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) is a state
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
Assam, India. The party is headquartered in
Kokrajhar Town and previously was in ruling government in the autonomous region of
Bodoland
The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) is an Autonomous administrative divisions of India, autonomous division in Assam, India, and a Proposed states and union territories of India#Assam, proposed state in Northeast India. It is made up of five ...
. It along with
UPPL is the two main regional parties of Assam from
Bodoland
The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) is an Autonomous administrative divisions of India, autonomous division in Assam, India, and a Proposed states and union territories of India#Assam, proposed state in Northeast India. It is made up of five ...
.
History
The BPF was formed as political party in year 2005,
Hagrama Mohilary and Emmanuel Mosahary were selected as the President and the General Secretary of the new party.
Hagrama Mohilary 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
INC 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 National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan'') is an Indian big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...
. 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
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan'') is an Indian big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...
and joined the
United Progressive Alliance
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA; Hindi: Saṁyukta Pragatiśīl Gaṭhabandhan) was a Political group, political alliance in India led by the Indian National Congress. It was formed after the 2004 Indian general election, 2004 general ele ...
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
United Progressive Alliance
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA; Hindi: Saṁyukta Pragatiśīl Gaṭhabandhan) was a Political group, political alliance in India led by the Indian National Congress. It was formed after the 2004 Indian general election, 2004 general ele ...
, due to poor performance in the election.
Electoral performance
Elected Representatives
Members of Parliament
List of Ministers
Development in BTC
Educational Institutions
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Bodoland University,
Kokrajhar
Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an Autonomous administrative divisions of India, autonomous territory in Assam, one of the Northeast India, North Eastern states of India.
History Under the Kingdom of Bhutan
From the ...
*
Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar
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Bineswar Brahma Engineering College,
Kokrajhar
Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an Autonomous administrative divisions of India, autonomous territory in Assam, one of the Northeast India, North Eastern states of India.
History Under the Kingdom of Bhutan
From the ...
* 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.
See also
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Bodo Liberation Tigers Force
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Bodo People's Progressive Front
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List of political parties in India
India has a multi-party system. The Election Commission of India (ECI) grants recognition to national-level and state-level political parties based on objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges such as a reserved party ...
*
Sanmilita Gana Shakti
References
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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