Natun Asom Gana Parishad Explained

Natun Asom Gana Parishad ('New Assamese People's Association') was a political party in the Indian state of Assam. NAGP was formed through a split of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP).[1] [2]

NAGP was led by former Union Law Minister and MP Dinesh Goswami and former Assam Home Minister Bhrigu Kumar Phukan.[3] Goswami and Phukan had been prominent leaders of the Assam Agitation led by All Assam Students Union and All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad in the early 1980s. Other prominent leaders of the party included former Assam Education Minister Brindaban Goswami and former Assam Legislative Assembly speaker Pulakesh Barua.[4]

In 1994, NAGP merged with AGP with Bhrigu Phukan as the Working President of the Asom Gana Parishad. Phukan was later removed from the post of party Working President and was finally expelled from AGP in 1997 following differences with party president and the then Chief Minister of Assam Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. [5] Another leader of NAGP, former state Education minister Brindaban Goswami later on became the president of AGP.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19951130-rivalry-between-prafulla-kumar-mahanta-and-bhrigu-kumar-phukan-rocks-agp-807993-1995-11-30 Rivalry between Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and Bhrigu Kumar Phukan rocks AGP
  2. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19900228-assam-uneasy-calm-between-prafulla-kumar-mahanta-and-bhrigu-kumar-phukan-813715-1990-02-28 Assam: Uneasy calm between Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and Bhrigu Kumar Phukan
  3. Kumar, Arun (ed.). The Tenth Round - Story of the Indian Elections 1991. Calcutta: Rupa & Co., 1991. p. 141
  4. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19980608-crisis-in-agp-ministry-dissidents-plan-to-mount-another-attack-after-assembly-by-polls-826627-1998-06-08 Crisis in AGP ministry: Dissidents plan to mount another attack after assembly by-polls
  5. https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/22agp.htm Split in AGP
  6. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960430-elections-1996-assam-seems-headed-for-a-hung-assembly-835101-1996-04-30 Elections 1996: Assam seems headed for a hung assembly

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