'Alliance to keep Congress from power'

Guwahati, April 27. Alliance partners AGP and BJP today announced that their tie-up was meant for the purpose of preventing the Congress from coming to the power in the May 10 Assembly election.

"The main aim of our coming together was to prevent the corrupt Congress to come to power," AGP President and Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and BJP Assam unit chief Rajen Gohain told a joint press conference here.

The parties alleged that the Congress when in power had neglected the needs of the State which resulted in its backwardness.

The leaders hoped that the alliance would come to power and provide a stable Government that would work for restoration of peace and development in the State.

When asked about the common minimum programme between the two parties, Mahanta and Gohain said the modalities were being worked out.

They said the alliance was the "call of the hour" as "we felt the people wanted a stable government."

On the foreigners issue, Gohain favoured the introduction of identity cards for voters which was also supported by Mahanta.

- PTI

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