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AGP releases first list of 8 candidates, denies ticket to party veteran Brindaban Goswami
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an alliance partner of the ruling BJP-led combine in Assam, on Sunday declared its first list of eight candidates for the approaching assembly polls in the state. Announcing the candidates for the first phase of polling on March 27, AGP general secretary Ramendra Narayan Kalita told a press conference that newcomer Prithviraj Rabha would contest from the prestigious Tezpur seat.
Veteran AGP leader and five-time MLA Brindaban Goswami was denied ticket and replaced by Rabha, who was inducted into the party fold during the day.
On Saturday several Congress workers protested outside the venue of the Congress steering committee meeting, On Sunday a section of workers protested outside the venue of the meeting. These workers were from Jonia, Kamalpur. Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi had to talk to the agitated workers.