Assam Assembly polls 2021: BJP declares 70 candidates; check list here
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its first list of 70 candidates for the Assam assembly polls and announced that allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People s Party Liberal (UPPL) will contest on 26 and eight seats respectively.
Party general secretary Arun Singh said that Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from Majuli and minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari.
The BJP in the first list has replaced 11 sitting MLAs with new faces, Singh said.
Check out the first list here:
The Election Commission of India had last Friday announced that Assam will go to Assembly elections in three phases beginning March 27. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.
West Bengal: TMC, BJP battle heats up on Twitter
West Bengal: TMC, BJP battle heats up on Twitter
Kolkata: The war of words between the ruling TMC and the BJP on Saturday was seen on Twitter after the saffron camp mocked Mamata Banerjee s slogan âBangla nijer meyekeyi chayeâ (Bengal wants its daughter).
A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) had declared the poll dates, poll strategists Prashant Kishor who is looking after the poll strategy of the ruling Trinamool Congress took to Twitter and wrote that Bengal is determined to show âright cardâ to the TMC in the upcoming Assembly polls.
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Dhongis wearing fake turbans : BJP MP Ravi Kishan says protesting farmers are workers of rival political parties
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Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Kishan has on Thursday invited controversy after he called the farmers protesting against the Centre s three new farm laws as dhongis and workers of other political parties wearing fake turbans . This law is completely in favour of farmers. It was during the Congress regime that maximum farmers committed suicide. Farmers have been freed from mandis and they can go and sell their products to anyone. This law is in favour of farmers. Our Prime Minister thinks about farmers every day and night, Times Now quoted Ravi Kishan as saying.