The political scenario in Assam took a new color when The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) returned to the NDA on Thursday, with a saying “to free Assam from the tyranny of the Congress misrule”.

A BJP-AGP joint statement released shortly after the alliance was confirmed said that “permanent solution of basic issues of Assam like implementation of the Assam Accord, sealing of the India-Bangladesh border, issuing photo identity cards after updating the National Register of Citizens, permanent solution of flood problem, bringing peace in Assam through dialogue with militant outfits and granting ST status to six deserving communities of the state as recommended by the Assam assembly”.

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani said, “Both subscribe to the view that to save India we must save Assam. To achieve that, the BJP and AGP have joined hands and will unite all anti-Congress forces in the state.”

The alliance was finalized in presence of BJP leaders Jaswant Singh and Sushma Swaraj, and AGP chief Chandra Mohan Patwari. Two parties will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls jointly. Assam has a total of 14 parliamentary segments.