Asom Sonmilito Morcha Explained

Party Name:

Asom Sonmilito Morcha

Abbreviation:

ASOM

No Of Members:

15 Parties

Foundation:

2 years ago

Headquarters:

Rajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam (Formerly)^[1] | ideology =

• Anti-CAA^[2]
• Constitutionalism^[3]
• Anti-authoritarianism^[4]
• Social Populism

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|secretary=Lurinjyoti Gogoi
|alliance=}}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.^{[6] [7]} Due to disagreement on seat sharing for Assam Legislative Assembly bypolls, the opposition parties went ahead excluding the Indian National Congress.

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

	Party		Abbrev.	Symbol	State Leaders
1.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)		Suprakash Talukdar
2.		Raijor Dal	RD		Akhil Gogoi
3.		Assam Jatiya Parishad	AJP		Lurinjyoti Gogoi
4.		Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)	NCP(SCP)		D. D. Adhikary
5.		Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)	SHS(UBT)		Ram Narayan Singh
6.		Communist Party of India	CPI		Munin Mahanta
7.		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	CPI(ML)L		Bibek Das
8.		Aam Aadmi Party	AAP		Manoj Dhanowar
9.		Samajwadi Party	SP
10.		Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD		Hira Devi
11.		All Party Hill Leaders Conference	APHLC		Jonas Engti Kathar
12.		All India Forward Bloc	AIFB
13.		Jatiya Dal-Asom	JDA		M.G.Hazarika
14.		Anchalik Gana Morcha	AGM		Ajit Kumar Bhuyan
15.		Purvanchal Lok Parishad	PLP		Charan Chandra Deka
16.		Kamatapur People's Front^[11]	KF		Biswajit Ray
17.		Sonowal Kachari Gana Mancha	SKGM		Gopal Sonowal

Past Members

	Party		Symbol	State Leaders
1	Bodoland People's Front	BPF		Hagrama Mohilary
2	All India United Democratic Front	AIUDF		Badruddin Ajmal
3	Janata Dal (United)	JD(U)		Paresh Nath
4	Trinamool Congress	TMC		Sushmita Dev
5	Indian National Congress	INC		Bhupen Kumar Borah

President and General Secretaries

President

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

No.	Name	Party	Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Ripun Bora	INC	15 March 2021	24 July 2021
2	Bhupen Kumar Borah		24 July 2021	23 October 2024
3	Ajit Kumar Bhuyan^[12]	AGM	25 October 2024	Till date

General Secretaries

No.	Posts	Name	Party
1	Working Presidents	Suprakash Talukdar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3		Jonas Ingti Kathar		All Party Hill Leaders Conference
4	General Secretary	Lurinjyoti Gogoi		Assam Jatiya Parishad

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Congress Is Responsible For Collapse Of Opposition Unity In Assam .
2. News: Anti-CAA activist Ajit Bhuyan is Congress AIUDF supported candidate for Rajya Sabha. The Economic Times . 12 March 2020 . Singh . Bikash .
3. Web site: Assam: Foundational Pillars of Constitution Facing Constant Attack | Peoples Democracy. peoplesdemocracy.in.
4. Web site: Assam opposition parties to frame common minimum programme for Lok Sabha polls. Deccan Herald.
5. Web site: Assam opposition parties rename alliance as ‘Asom Sonmilito Morcha’.
6. Web site: Press Trust Of India. www.ptinews.com.
7. News: Assam Congress initiates grand alliance move against BJP for 2024 Lok Sabha polls . 2023-03-11.
8. Web site: Cong-led 'Mahajot' in Assam now has 10 parties. Indo-Asian News. Service. March 14, 2021. The Siasat Daily.
9. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13620-assam-general-legislative-election-2021/
10. Web site: Don't weaken 'Mahajot', AIUDF tells Congress after being removed from alliance in Assam. The New Indian Express.
11. Web site: Bharat . E. T. V. . 2024-10-24 . Assam: Congress Splits From Opposition Forum Ahead Of By-Elections . 2024-10-25 . ETV Bharat News . en.
12. Web site: Assam Opp alliance moves forward sans Congress; names new chief. B.. Sadanand. October 25, 2024. EastMojo.