Asom Gana Parishad
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Asom Gana Parishad
অসম গণ পৰিষদ |
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| Leader | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
| President | Atul Bora |
| Secretary-General | Ramendra Narayan Kalita |
| Founder | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters |
Gopinath Bordoloi Road, Guwahati |
| Youth wing | Asom Yuva Parishad |
| Women's wing | Asom Mahila Parishad |
| Peasant's wing | Asom Krishak Parishad |
| Ideology |
Regionalism Nationalism |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance |
North-East Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
0 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
0 / 245
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| Election symbol | |
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| Website | |
| www.asomganaparishad.in | |
Asom Gana Parishad (Assamese: অসম গণ পৰিষদ; translation: Assam Peoples Association, AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 when Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was elected as the youngest chief minister of the state. The AGP has formed government twice from 1985 to 1989 and from 1996 to 2001.
The party split, with former Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, forming the Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive), but regrouped on 14 October 2008 at Golaghat.
The party won 14 seats out of 126 in the 2016 Legislative Assembly Elections; a historic win for the party. Further it is set to share power with the Bodoland People's Front and BJP.
Currently it is a part of North-East Regional Political Front consisting of political parties of the northeast which has supported the National Democratic Alliance (India).
AGP was a result of a six-year-long Assam Agitation against illegal infiltration of foreigners from Bangladesh into Assam, led by All Assam Students Union (AASU). For years, people of Assam have been complaining against infiltration of illegal migrants from neighbouring Bangladesh (East Pakistan till 1972), as they feared that it is altering the demographic, social and economic make-up of the state.
In 1979, AASU started peaceful democratic movement demanding detection of all illegal migrants in the state, deletion of their names from the country’s electoral rolls and deportation of all of them under the laws of the land. This movement continued for years, and the Assembly Election was held in 1983 in this hostile environment, which was protested by the agitating people.
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