AGP, Cong trying to woo minorities

NEW DELHI, July 29: With elections round the corner, political parties of Assam, specially the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Congress are gearing up to woo the minorities. The scene of intense politicking to garner the support of the minorities has shifted from Assam to Delhi as both the state Congress and the AGP have rushed emissaries to talk with Muslim outfits. While APCC president, Tarun Gogoi, apparently not willing to take any risks, has posted himself at the capital, AGP has despatched the state irrigation minister and minority leader, Abdul Muhib Mazumdar, to seal a deal. The proposal to merge the AF Golam Osmani faction of the United Minority Front (UMF) with the Congress has been cleared by the party high command, the party general secretary in charge of the Northeast, Ambika Soni said. She said the central screening committee of AICC for the region will meet on August 13 to finalise the list of candidates for the Northeast.