New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam has agreed to tie up with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) the party of the perfumer-turned politician Badruddin Ajmal, it so despises and has insulted on numerous occasions, for the Rajya Sabha polls. This is as per a report in The Telegraph as part of its Delhi Diaries on Sunday (March 8).On March 6, news agencies reported that the Assam Congress chief, Gaurav Gogoi, who is also contesting from Jorhat assembly seat (from where he was elected MP in 2024) in the state elections scheduled for this year said, “all these years Himanta Biswa Sarma has branded the AIUDF as a communal party. But when the party fell short of numbers to win the third NDA (National Democratic Alliance) candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat, he immediately sought support from the Ajmal-led AIUDF.”Assam Jatiya Parishad leader, Lurinjyoti Gohoi termed the AIUDF as the BJP’s “108 [Emergency] Helpline”. The BJP cannot breathe without the AIUDF, he said.As per Northeast Now, Debabrata Saikia, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly criticised Himanta Biswa Sarma over the political developments surrounding the recent Rajya Sabha election in Assam. In a post on social media, Saikia alleged that “the support of the All India United Democratic Front had helped the NDA secure the third Rajya Sabha seat. He questioned the BJP’s stance towards the party, claiming that leaders who had earlier criticised the AIUDF were now seeking its support for electoral arithmetic.”The controversy about a tie-up between the AIUDF and BJP arose when three AIUDF MLAs signed up to support the third NDA candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls, for which three seats from Assam will fall vacant on April 9. AIUDF MLAs, Karimuddin Barbhuiya, Nizamuddin Choudhury and Zakir Hussain Laskar signed papers for the nomination of NDA candidate Pramod Boro, the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) Head.After their MLAs had signed the nomination papers for the NDA candidate, the AIUDF chief, Badruddin Ajmal suspended the three leaders, for six years for anti-party activities.