Asom Sonmilito Morcha

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Asom Sonmilito Morcha
AbbreviationASOM
President Ajit Kumar Bhuyan
(AGM)
Secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi
(AGP)
Founded2 years ago
HeadquartersRajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam (Formerly) [1]
Ideology
Political position Left-wing
Seats in  Lok Sabha
0 / 14
(Assam)
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
1 / 7
(Assam)
Seats in  Assam Legislative Assembly
2 / 126

Asom Sonmilito Morcha [5] (ASOM), formerly known as United Opposition Forum, is a political alliance of 15 secular and democratic parties in Indian state of Assam. [4] [6] [7] Due to disagreement on seat sharing for Assam Legislative Assembly bypolls, the opposition parties went ahead excluding the Indian National Congress. [1]

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2021 Assam election

Ten political parties formed a political alliance in the run-up for 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election. But only eight of them including Indian National Congress, All India United Democratic Front, Bodoland People's Front, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, Anchalik Gana Morcha and Rashtriya Janata Dal came into a seat sharing agreement for dethroning the incumbent BJP government. [8] However the alliance was unable to defeat the BJP and its allies, but it gained 43.68% of the total votes polled and got 50 seats. [9]

After the election, Bodoland People's Front left the alliance and All India United Democratic Front was expelled by Indian National Congress. [10]

Current members

PartyAbbrev.SymbolState Leaders
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) Cpm election symbol.svg Suprakash Talukdar
2. Raijor Dal RD Gas Cylinder.jpg Akhil Gogoi
3. Assam Jatiya Parishad AJP Ship.svg Lurinjyoti Gogoi
4. Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) NCP(SCP) Indian Election Symbol Man Blowing Turha.png D. D. Adhikary
5. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) SHS(UBT) Indian Election Symbol Flaming Torch.png Ram Narayan Singh
6. Communist Party of India CPI CPI symbol.svg Munin Mahanta
7. Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L Flag Logo of CPIML.png Bibek Das
8. Aam Aadmi Party AAP AAP Symbol.png Manoj Dhanowar
9. Samajwadi Party SP Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png
10. Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png Hira Devi
11. All Party Hill Leaders Conference APHLCJonas Engti Kathar
12. All India Forward Bloc AIFB
13.Jatiya Dal-AsomJDAM.G.Hazarika
14. Anchalik Gana Morcha AGM Ajit Kumar Bhuyan
15.Purvanchal Lok ParishadPLPCharan Chandra Deka
16.Kamatapur People's Front [11] KFBiswajit Ray
17.Sonowal Kachari Gana Mancha [11] SKGMGopal Sonowal

Past Members

PartySymbolState Leaders
1 Bodoland People's Front BPF BPF-Flag.svg Hagrama Mohilary
2 All India United Democratic Front AIUDF AIUDF logo.webp Badruddin Ajmal
3 Janata Dal (United) JD(U) Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg Paresh Nath
4 Trinamool Congress TMC Flag of All India Trinamool Congress.jpg Sushmita Dev
5 Indian National Congress INC Hand INC.svg Bhupen Kumar Borah

President and General Secretaries

President

The president coordinates with the members of currently four membered panel of General Secretaries.

No.NamePartyDate of appointmentDate of retirement
1 Ripun Bora INC 15 March 202124 July 2021
2 Bhupen Kumar Borah 24 July 202123 October 2024
3 Ajit Kumar Bhuyan [12] AGM 25 October 2024Till date

General Secretaries

No.PostsNameParty
1Working PresidentsSuprakash Talukdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3Jonas Ingti Kathar All Party Hill Leaders Conference
4General SecretaryLurinjyoti Gogoi Assam Jatiya Parishad

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