In April 2021, while campaigning for the Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Himanta Biswa Sarma threatened to throw Hagrama Mohilary, the leader of Bodoland People’s Front, into jail and initiate proceedings against him by the National Investigation Agency.
The Election Commission barred Sarma from campaigning and speaking to the media for 48 hours.
At the time, Mohilary’s BPF was a part of a strong Opposition coalition against the incumbent BJP government, that included the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front led by Badruddin Ajmal. The Bodoland People’s Front was the only tribal-centric party of any substantial influence to stand up to the BJP in that election.
Cut to 2026: Sarma, now Assam Chief Minister, recently announced an alliance with Mohilary’s BPF to fight the upcoming elections in the Bodoland region.
Mohilary is one of the tallest tribal leaders in Assam, who has held his own despite the dominance of the BJP – and who has also set himself ideologically apart from Hindutva. “Hagrama has come to be seen by the wider public in Assam as a model regionalist leader who can stand his ground and speak up for his region,” said Mridugunjan Deka, a senior research fellow of political science at Gauhati University.
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