Asom Sonmilito Morcha

Asom Sonmilito Morcha^[5] (ASOM), formerly known as United Opposition Forum, is a political alliance of 18 secular and democratic parties in Indian state of Assam.^[4][6][7] Due to disagreement on seat sharing for Assam Legislative Assembly bypolls, the opposition parties went ahead excluding the Indian National Congress. ^[1]

Asom Sonmilito Morcha
Abbreviation	ASOM
President	Ajit Kumar Bhuyan (AGM)
Secretary	Lurinjyoti Gogoi (AJP)
Founded	2021
Headquarters	Rajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam (Formerly)[1]
Ideology	Anti-CAA[2] Constitutionalism[3] Anti-authoritarianism[4] Social Populism
Political position	Left-wing
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 14 (Assam)
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 7 (Assam)
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly	2 / 126
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History & Elections

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		Ideology	State Leaders
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Marxism–Leninism	Suprakash Talukdar
	Raijor Dal	Socialism	Akhil Gogoi
	Assam Jatiya Parishad	Regionalism	Lurinjyoti Gogoi
	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)	Secularism	D. D. Adhikary
	Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)	Conservatism	Ram Narayan Singh
	Communist Party of India	Marxism–Leninism	Munin Mahanta
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	Marxism–Leninism	Bibek Das
	Aam Aadmi Party	Populism	Manoj Dhanowar
	Samajwadi Party	Socialism
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Socialism	Hira Devi
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Regionalism	Jonas Engti Kathar
	All India Forward Bloc	Marxism
	Jatiya Dal-Asom		M.G.Hazarika
	Anchalik Gana Morcha	Anti-CAA	Ajit Kumar Bhuyan
	Purvanchal Lok Parishad		Charan Chandra Deka
	Kamatapur People's Front[11]		Biswajit Ray
	Sonowal Kachari Gana Mancha[11]		Gopal Sonowal
	Adivasi National Party[12]		Bijoy Kumar Tiru

Past Members

	Year	Party	Symbol	State Leaders	Remarks
1	2021	Bodoland People's Front		Hagrama Mohilary	Quit the alliance
2	2022	All India United Democratic Front		Badruddin Ajmal	Expelled
3	2022	Jimochayan Deori People’s Party[13]		Mahesh Deori	Quit the alliance & joined National Democratic Alliance
4	2023	Liberal Democratic Party (Assam)[14]		Prodyut Bora	Merged with Indian National Congress
5	2024	Janata Dal (United)		Paresh Nath	Quit the alliance & joined National Democratic Alliance
6	2024	Trinamool Congress		Sushmita Dev	Quit the alliance
7	2024	Indian National Congress		Bhupen Kumar Borah	Expelled

Presidents

President

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

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

Working Presidents & General Secretaries

No.	Posts	Name	Tenure	Party
1	Working Presidents	Suprakash Talukdar	25-Oct-2024-Incumbent		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2		Jonas Ingti Kathar	25-Oct-2024-Incumbent		All Party Hill Leaders Conference
1	General Secretary	Lurinjyoti Gogoi			Assam Jatiya Parishad

References

1. "Congress Is Responsible For Collapse Of Opposition Unity In Assam | OPINION". 26 October 2024.
2. Singh, Bikash (12 March 2020). "Anti-CAA activist Ajit Bhuyan is Congress AIUDF supported candidate for Rajya Sabha". The Economic Times.
3. "Assam: Foundational Pillars of Constitution Facing Constant Attack | Peoples Democracy". peoplesdemocracy.in.
4. "Assam opposition parties to frame common minimum programme for Lok Sabha polls". Deccan Herald.
5. "Assam opposition parties rename alliance as 'Asom Sonmilito Morcha'".
6. "Press Trust Of India". www.ptinews.com.
7. "Assam Congress initiates grand alliance move against BJP for 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Retrieved 11 March 2023.
8. Service, Indo-Asian News (14 March 2021). "Cong-led 'Mahajot' in Assam now has 10 parties". The Siasat Daily.
9. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021".
10. "Don't weaken 'Mahajot', AIUDF tells Congress after being removed from alliance in Assam". The New Indian Express. 31 August 2021.
11. Bharat, E. T. V. (24 October 2024). "Assam: Congress Splits From Opposition Forum Ahead Of By-Elections". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
12. Correspondent, Special (14 March 2021). "Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Congress-led Mahajot party count now 10". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 January 2025. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
13. "Deori party shuns Congress, turns BJP ally in council". The Times of India. 14 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
14. "BJP IT cell founding convener Prodyut Bora's party to merge with Congress". The Indian Express. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
15. Sadanand, B. (25 October 2024). "Assam Opp alliance moves forward sans Congress; names new chief". EastMojo.