Guwahati, Mar 17 : With the Lok Sabha polls barely a month away, the war of words between the two major political entities in Assam - the ruling Congress and opposition Asom Gana Parishad-BJP combine - has geared up.
The trend was set by the Congress at their launch of the poll campaign on March seven when the party unleashed a no-holds-barred attack on the 'unholy' AGP-BJP alliance, terming it as a 'compromise' made at the cost of the State's interest.
Party spokesman and senior minister Himanata Biswa Sarma said the AGP was devoid of any principle which is why it joined hands with the BJP which had failed to do anything for the state during its stint at the Centre.
The minister charged the Opposition party with 'sacrificing' prestigious seats including that of Guwahati to the party.
AGP president Chandra Mohan Patwary was quick to react when at a rally the next day he charged that Congress leaders were incapable of taking any independent decision and knocked at Delhi's door for 'any matter'.
Mr. Patowary in another rally clarified that the AGP was not a partner in the NDA, but only has a seat-sharing agreement with the BJP.
"There is no alliance with the BJP, it is only a agreement to defeat the Congress..the BJP will be the elder brother in the L S poll while the AGP will switch role in the Assembly election," he said.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi himself had a dig at the seat-sharing agreement, terming it as a 'huge compromise by the AGP'.
"The AGP calls itself a regional party, but surprisingly it has sacrificed prestigious seats like Guwahati and Jorhat to the BJP. So what is left of the party (AGP)?", he wonderd.
Under the agreement between the two parties, AGP is contesting six of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in fray in the State.
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