Two months after severing ties with the ruling BJP in Assam over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,  a regional party in the state, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), has returned to the alliance ahead of the national election.
In a late night development, the two parties decided to form an alliance, the contours of which would be decided in a day or two. The decision was taken after a long meeting between senior BJP leader Ram Madhav and the chief of the regional party.
"After discussion, BJP and AGP have decided to work together in the coming parliament election in Assam to defeat Congress," Mr Madhav told reporters after the meeting. "It was a hectic day of parlays yesterday in the North East," he wrote.
On January 7, the AGP withdrew its support to the BJP government in Assam in protest against the centre's decision to go ahead with the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to grant nationality to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan after six years of residence in India.