All_India_United_Democratic_Front
All India United Democratic Front
Political party in Assam, India
The All India United Democratic Front (also known as AIUDF and Sarva Bharatiya Sanyukt Ganatantric Morcha) is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam.[4] It is the 3rd largest political party in Assam Legislative Assembly after BJP and INC.
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The party was founded by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal on 3 October 2005 and at that time, its name was Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF). It was relaunched as a national party under its current name at a press meet in New Delhi on 2 February 2009, again with the Badruddin Ajmal as the party's leader. The party is headquartered in Guwahati.[5][6]
The AIUDF is a key opposition party in Assam, which is the voice of millions of Miya Bengali Muslims from Lower Assam and Barak Valley. It won 18 of 126 seats in the 2011 Legislative Assembly election;[7] in 2016, it won 13 of 126 seats. In 2021, Assam Assembly Election, Congress and AIUDF formed grand alliance along with BPF and communist parties. The alliance fought against BJP led NDA. AIUDF increase its tally and win 16 of 126 seats in the 2021 Legislative assembly election of Assam.[8] However, its alliance Mahajhot couldn't get majority enough to form government.