AASU-AJYCP's proposed party to be named 'Asom Jatiyo Parishad'

    Guwahati, Sep 14 (PTI) The political outfit to be
formed by Assam's powerful students' organisations AASU and
the AJYCP will be named the 'Asom Jatiyo Parishad'.
    Convenors of the Assam Advisory Committee (AAC) formed
by the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and the Asom
Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) made the
announcement on Monday.
    "The name was selected from three suggestions made
during a meeting of the committee on Sunday," former Gauhati
University professor Dr Krishna Gopal Bhattacharjya, one of
the two convenors of the 16-member AAC, told reporters.
    The new political entity will be guided by the slogan
'ghore ghore aami' (we are in each household) to establish
relations with each family in the state and not just seek
votes during the elections, he said.
    Elections to the 126-member Assam Assembly is due
early next year.
    Veteran politician Jagadish Bhuyan has been appointed
as the coordinator of the party, he said.
    The formation of the party till the booth-level will
be completed by October 30, the committee's other convenor,
former professor of Handique Girls' College, Basanta Deka,
said.
    The party's constitution has almost been prepared and
its state-level committee will be formed by the first week of
November, he said.
    The logo and the flag of the Asom Jatiyo Parishad,
however, will be decided later, Deka said. PTI ESB
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