Assam polls: BJP fields eight minority Muslim candidates indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Assam: BJP releases first list of 70 seats; 11 new faces, exchange of constituencies with AGP
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BJP will contest 92 seats in the Assembly polls while its allies AGP will contest 26 seats, United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) will contest eight seats and Rabha Jatiya Aikya Manch one seat.
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In an exchange of seats with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), BJP has taken the Barhampur from AGP, this seat was won since 1985 by former Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.
Putting speculation to rest, Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will contest from Jalukbari. Sarma had earlier said that he wasn t very keen on contesting the Assembly polls this year.
CM Sonowal to contest from Majuli, Himanta from Jalukbari indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BJP dumps old allies, forms new one in poll-bound Assam
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In 2016, out of 126 Assembly constituencies, BJP contested 84 constituencies and left 42 to its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) 24, Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) 16 and Rabha Jatiya Aikya Manch one and Tiwa Jatiya Aikya Manch one seat.
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Assam is likely to go to assembly polls in April this year.
GUWAHATI: Ruling BJP in Assam changes the composition of the rainbow alliance stitched ahead of 2016 assembly polls.
On Monday, MLA of Gana Shakti party joined BJP and the party merged with BJP. Earlier Ramakanta Deuri, MLA of Morigaon and leader of Tiwa Jatiya Aikya Manch has joined BJP.
Amit Shah reaches Guwahati to kick start BJP s Assembly poll campaign
Sat, Dec 26 2020 08:14:55 AM
Guwahati, Dec 26 (IANS): Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, who arrived in Guwahati on Friday midnight, would formally launch the ruling saffron party s campaign for next year s Assam assembly polls on Saturday.
Braving the cold weather thousands of people, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Finance and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP s National Vice-President Baijayant Jay Panda, who is also the Assam in-charge for the saffron party, state party President Ranjit Kumar Dass among other leaders received Shah at the airport.
Over 3,000 artists of various communities greeted Shah after he came out from the Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport shortly after Friday midnight. According to Sarma, after attending the series of government and party programmes in Assam, Shah on Sunday would visit Manipur and before leaving Imphal he would lay the