Bodoland People's Front
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Bodoland People's Front
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| Chairperson | Hagrama Mohilary |
| Rajya Sabha leader | Biswajit Daimary |
| Headquarters | Kokrajhar, Assam |
| Ideology |
Secularism Left-wing Populism |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance (NDA) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
0 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
1 / 245
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The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) is a state political party in Assam state in northeastern India. The party is located in the area of Bodoland majorly in an area around Kokrajhar. The major ambition of the party is to create a new state called Bodoland for Bodo people.
In the 2009 general election its candidate, Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Kokrajhar constituency. Biswajit Daimary of this party was elected to the Rajya Sabha in May 2008. BPF had 10 members in the 12th Assam Legislative Assembly, and it is a constituent of the current Bharatiya Janata Party led ruling coalition in Assam. In the 2011 Assam Assembly election, BPF won 12 seats.
In 2011, with 12 elected lawmakers, the BPF initially supported the Congress government, primarily because of the efforts of Himanta Biswa Sarma, the former minister in the Tarun Gogoi government who later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
With Assam heading for elections in 2016, Bharatiya Janata Party made its first alliance with the Bodoland People's Front in lower Assam.
The announcement was made on January 19 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Kokrajhar headquarters of the autonomous Bodoland Territorial Council and announces a possible economic package of Rs 1000cr or the Bodoland Territorial Council area.
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