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Assam Assembly polls: Cong releases first list of 42 candidates

Assam Assembly polls: Cong releases first list of 42 candidates

Congress on Tuesday released the first list of 42 candidates for the Assam Assembly polls. Party’s State unit president Gaurav Gogoi will contest the Assembly polls from the Jorhat seat. The party’s leader in the Assam assembly, Debabrata Saikia, will fight the polls from the Nazira seat. Former Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora has been fielded from Barchalla. Mira Borthakur Goswami is the party candidate from Dispur, and Indraneel Pegu is from the Majuli constituency.Seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes feature prominently. Ramen Singh Rabha will contest Boko-Chaygaon (ST), Nandita Das will fight from Hajo-Sualkuchi (SC), and Satyabrat Kalita from Kamalpur.

Elections to the 126-member Assam Legislative Assembly are expected to be held in April this year.At present, the ruling BJP-led NDA holds the majority in the Assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 64 MLAs, while its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) together strengthen its position.
In the opposition camp, Congress has 26 MLAs. The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has 15 members, and CPI(M) has one. There is also one Independent MLA. In the 2021 elections, the BJP-led alliance retained power with 75 seats. The Congress-led alliance improved its performance, winning 50 seats.


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