Assembly Elections News: Announcing the list of 17 candidates that the party fielded in the first two phases, Raijor Dal working president Bhasco De Saikia said that Gogoi,
Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming elections in Assam from Sibsagar as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal. Announcing the list of 17 candidates that the party fielded in the first two phases, Raijor Dal working president Bhasco De Saikia said that Gogoi, the party s president, will contest from the Sibsagar constituency in Upper Assam. In the first phase, the party will contest in 12 seats but is yet to announce the candidate for one seat, and in the second phase, it has put up candidates in six constituencies. We have decided to contest in only 17 seats with the intention of not dividing the votes so that the BJP is defeated and to ensure that there is an anti-CAA government in the state, Saikia said.
Assam Assembly elections | Akhil Gogoi to contest from Sibsagar
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The Raijor Dal president was booked under the UAPA during the anti-CAA protests in December 2019 and has been in judicial custody since then.
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Peasant rights activist Akhil Gogoi. File photo
The Raijor Dal president was booked under the UAPA during the anti-CAA protests in December 2019 and has been in judicial custody since then.
Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming elections in Assam from Sibsagar as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal.
Announcing the list of 17 candidates that the party fielded in the first two phases, Raijor Dal working president Bhasco De Saikia said that Mr. Gogoi, the party s president, will contest from the Sibsagar constituency in Upper Assam.
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GUWAHATI: The Rajnaitik Parikrama Samittee of Sadou Chutia Jati Sanmilan has appealed to all political parties of the State to grant candidature in Chutia dominating areas. Addressing the media, the Samittee s convener Nripen Saikia stated that party tickets should be given to Chutia candidates in
Golaghat, Sarupathar, Teok, and Titabar. He underlined that the parties who do not give party tickets to Chutia candidates in the above mentioned areas will get a proper answer in the forthcoming polls. Even after so many years of independence, the Chutia community is politically weak. We will field our own candidates if the parties do not show their support to us. We will only support the parties who field Chutia candidates. Saikia added.