Cong-BPF set to win all 3 seats in Assam

A day before Rajya Sabha elections, the ruling Congress-BPF alliance was set to win all three seats falling vacant in Assam. An opposition MLA is returning from Haj on Saturday. His absence Friday reduces the combined opposition strength to 31, one short of the minimum required to win a seat.

Sources said AIUDF legislator Ataur Rahman Majharbhuyan would reach New Delhi from Mecca Friday evening, by which time votes for the Rajya Sabha elections would have been cast.

AGP, BJP and AIUDF, with a combined strength of 32 MLAs, have fielded journalist Haidar Hussain, hoping to win one of the three seats. But with Majharbhuyan failing to cast his vote, there is little chance of that happening.