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Vote for change: ABSU

By Shajid Khan |

A meeting was organised here at Bwriguma Fwthar near Udalguri town recently the central committee of the Unites Peoples’ Party (UPP) which was chaired by Rinjoy Boro, president of Udalguri district committee of All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU). Addressing the meeting, Promod Boro, president of the ABSU, said that 'The good governance in the present BTC has become farce only under the dictatorship of BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary and people in BTAD region must realise the fact that the BJP would never respond to the ‘Rupees One Thousand Cry’ of Mohilary. People now want a change in leadership in BTAD region, he added.

The meeting was also addressed by Rwngwra Narzary, MCLA, UG Brahma, president of the UPP and Gobinda Basumatary, general secretary of the NDFB(P). Dhiren Boro, president of NDFB(P) and Dilip Boro, the UPP candidate for 69 Udalguri LAC in the forthcoming Assembly elections, we're also present in the Meeting.

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