After accomplishing out to activist-turned-politician Akhil Gogoi, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been angling for a Member of Parliament to make inroads in Assam. Naba Kumar Sarania, a former region commander of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom, is a two-time MP representing the Kokrajhar constituency considering the fact that 2014. Although indexed as an impartial parliamentarian, he's the leader of the local Gana Suraksha Party (GSP) this is stated to have a power amongst extra than 15 non-Bodo groups in elements of western and north-principal Assam.
“The TMC has despatched feelers and we can have a assembly in September. But human beings are leaping the gun with the aid of using saying I actually have joined the party that rules West Bengal,” Mr. Sarania advised The Hindu.
The GSP is a part of the alliance that dominated the Bodoland Territorial Council straddling 12 of Assam’s 126 Assembly constituencies. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the second biggest party of the alliance headed with the aid of using the United People’s Party Liberal.
A few days ago, Mr. Gogoi stated he had met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee two times in Kolkata after his launch from prison on July 1. “I were presented the management of TMC in Assam however we've now no longer determined whether or not our party will have a tie-up or be merged with TMC,” he stated.
Mr. Gogoi is the president of Raijor Dal and is an MLA from the Sibsagar constituency.
After defeating an competitive BJP to shape the ⅓ rd successive authorities in West Bengal, the TMC has became its interest at the Northeast, specially Assam and Tripura.