Mahanta happy over by-election victories

By Our Special Correspondent

GUWAHATI, MAY 30. The two Assembly bye-election victories have buoyed up the sagging morale of the ruling AGP. The party president and Chief Minister, Mr. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, today profusely thanked the people of the State for the ``deep love and confidence'' they have reposed in his party.

He told mediapersons here that the defeat of the AGP candidate at North Karimganj was because of the presence of two party rebels in the fray, who took away a sizeable chunk of AGP votes.

But even in victory, he was unsparing in his criticism of the Congress.

He accused the Congress of doing ``much damage to the social fabric of the State by sowing seeds of division and dissension'' for its political gains.

Claiming that the bye-poll results had proved that regionalism had taken strong roots in Assam, Mr. Mahanta said the Congress and the BJP had lost their credibility as the people had realized that these parties were ``deceiving'' them.

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