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AIUDF begins probe

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The All India United Democratic Front is probing into the allegations of helping Congress and BPF candidates in the recent Rajya Sabha polls.

Senior AIUDF leaders told Assam Times that the party leadership would take action against the guilty legislators.

The probe is in progress acting on the allegations in media against Gopinath Das, Aminul Islam, Sher Shah Alom.      

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