STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The BPF (Bodoland People's Front) has urged the authorities concerned to arrange for the 'secret ballot' mode in the BTC (Bodoland Territorial Council) for the party to prove its majority on the floors of the Council.
Talking to The Sentinel, BPF MLA Durga Das Boro said, "BPF president Hagrama Mohilary is in talks with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma regarding this. The BPF should be given the scope to prove its majority in the Council. Everybody knows that if voting is conducted in the secret ballot mode, the BPF will be able to prove its majority in BTC."
He further said, "The overall management of BTC is monitored by the Governor of Assam. But the State Government can advise the Governor to hold the secret ballot vote. In such a situation, the Governor may accept the advice of the government and conduct secret ballot."
Boro also said that if the BPF could prove its majority in BTC, it would not affect the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led State Government in any way. "We will cordially work with the State Government for development of the State and the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR)," he added.
In the BTC polls held in January 2021, altogether 17 nominees of the BPF were elected to the Council.
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