Asom Gana Parishad
Asom Gana Parishad | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | AGP |
| Leader | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
| President | Atul Bora |
| Secretary | Ramendra Narayan Kalita |
| Founder | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Bhrigu Kumar Phukan Biraj Kumar Sarma |
| Founded | 14 October 1985 |
| Headquarters | AGP Complex, Gopinath Bordoloi Road, Ambari, Guwahati - 781001 |
| Student wing | Tridip Bora |
| Youth wing | Jitu Borgohain |
| Women's wing | Manoshi S. Bhagowati |
| Peasant's wing | Sunil Deka |
| Ideology | Regionalism Ethnic nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance | NEDA (2016–2019, 2019–present) NDA (2016–2019, 2019–present) |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 245 |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
| Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly | 9 / 126 |
| Election symbol | |
Elephant | |
| Website | |
| https://agpofficial.in | |
Asom Gana Parishad (translation: Assam People's Council, abbr. AGP) is a political party in the state of Assam, India. The AGP formed the government after the 1985 and 1996 legislative assembly elections. Party leader, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, twice served as the Chief Minister of Assam, from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001.
The AGP was formed following the Assam Accord and the Golaghat Convention in 1985. The AGP split in 1991, with former Home Minister, Brighu Kumar Phukan, forming the Natun Asom Gana Parishad. The party reunited before the 1996 elections. The AGP split once again in 2005, with former Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, forming the Asom Gana Parishad Pragatishel. The AGP reunited in October 2008 at Golaghat.
The AGP was a member of the National Democratic Alliance that won the 2016 and 2021 Assam legislative assembly elections. At the federal level, the AGP was a member of the National Front from 1989 to 1990 and the United Front from 1996 to 1998. Since 1998, the AGP has often joined and supported the National Democratic Alliance.