Overview
- Sonai MLA Karim Uddin Barbhuiya quit AIUDF and said he will join the BJP ally Asom Gana Parishad within days, arguing Muslims should engage with mainstream power after delimitation.
- AIUDF suspended Abdul Aziz and Barbhuiya for six years for alleged anti-party activities, and Hailakandi MLA Zakir Hussain Laskar resigned, deepening the party’s turmoil.
- Three AIUDF MLAs — Barbhuiya, Nizamuddin Choudhury and Laskar — formally backed UPPL chief Pramod Boro’s Rajya Sabha nomination, helping the NDA secure an uncontested sweep of Assam’s seats.
- Congress, AJP, CPI(M) and APHLC announced a joint campaign platform ahead of the expected April Assembly polls, kept AIUDF out, and said talks with Raijor Dal and Left allies on seat sharing are ongoing.
- Opposition leaders accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the BJP of hypocrisy for accepting AIUDF support, as the BJP finalized seat-sharing with AGP, BPF and RHJSS while UPPL plans to contest independently in the Bodoland region.