The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Monday decided to snap its two-year alliance with the BJP in Assam hours after a Joint Parliamentary Committee submitted its report on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in Parliament. The announcement was made today after all efforts to convince the Centre about the threat the Citizenship Bill poses for the indigenous people of Assam. “We are with the BJP, and the AGP’s move will not affect the alliance,” BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary said before leaving for New Delhi on Monday. The BJP has not yet reacted to the decision of the AGP to pull out of the alliance. “We can look forward to working with the AGP against the Citizenship Bill,” its leader Akhil Gogoi said.

Source: The Hindu January 07, 2019 12:50 UTC