Guwahati, March 18: The AGP today once again made implementation of the 1985 Assam Accord a cornerstone of its Assembly election manifesto, which was released here this afternoon.

Implementation of the Assam Accord, a result of the historic six-year-long Assam Agitation, had been one of the main promises of the AGP in earlier elections too. The party would seek a white paper from the Centre on this issue, the manifesto said.

The regional party blamed the Congress for "failing" to implement the Accord and said it would demand a time-frame from its new alliance partner, the BJP, on this issue.

The manifesto said although the AGP has made some compromises to forge the alliance, it has not deviated from the aims with which it was formed in 1985. "There will be no compromise with our interests," it said.

AGP president Atul Bora and senior leaders Biren Baishya, Kamala Kalita and Kumar Deepak Das were present at the event to launch the election manifesto. The CD of the party's campaign songs was also unveiled and three former student leaders joined the party during the event.

The party president refuted reports of any conflict with the BJP over "friendly contests" in some seats. Bora said his party would have "friendly contests" with the BJP in six seats but refused to reveal the names of the constituencies.

Already a section of the AGP, unhappy with the alliance with the BJP, have formed a new party - the AGP Anchalikatabadi - and decided to field candidates in at least 45 constituencies.

The BJP conceded 24 of the state's 126 Assembly seats to the AGP while sealing the alliance.

"We must stop division of anti-Congress votes if we want to dethrone the Congress. That is why we have formed the alliance. Besides, we need support from the Centre for full implementation of the Assam Accord and employment opportunities for the lakhs of youths of the state," the manifesto said.

The manifesto makes quite a few tall claims - promising a state with no unemployment, free of corruption and superstition and without problems of floods and erosion.

"People voted the Congress to power in 2001 with a lot of expectations from them. But it failed to fulfil the people's expectations. Although the Congress is advertising its achievements using big hoardings and in the media, people will reject it and give us a chance to serve them," Bora said.

In the 2011 Assembly polls, when Chandramohan Patowary was its president, the AGP had promised a development-oriented and corruption-free government and opposed the construction of big dams in Arunachal Pradesh, which could have adverse effects downstream in Assam. In the 2014 Lok Sabha manifesto, it had touched upon the foreigners' problem and the land-swap deal with Bangladesh.

This time, the party has not spelt out its stand clearly on three issues: big dams, refugee status of minorities fleeing religious persecution in Bangladesh and the land-swap deal.