GUWAHATI, Nov. 13 -- Seven opposition parties in Assam participated in a meeting on Wednesday, under an initiative by the Congress, to try and forge a joint front against the ruling BJP and its allies in the state ahead of the next year's assembly elections. Apart from the Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad, CPI, CPI(M), CPI (M-L) and Anchalik Gana Morcha attended the meeting. However, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), another prominent opposition party, was not part of the deliberations. "Today we took part in an important exchange of ideas. We were planning to have such a meeting for a long time...We are together to rid the people of Assam from BJP's harassment and injustices perpetrated by chief minister Himanta Biswa S...