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Atul Bora, Ajanta Neog file nominations for Assam Assembly polls
Candidates of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Monday filed their nominations for the first phase of Assam Assembly elections, to be held on March 27. BJP candidate Ajanta Neog, who recently joined the party after quitting the Congress submitted her nomination paper for Golaghat constituency. Besides […]
4 years ago
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AIUDF announces first list of 16 candidates for Assam polls
The AIUDF, a major constituent of the Opposition Congress-led Grand Alliance, announced its first list of candidates for 16 constituencies for the upcoming Assembly elections yesterday. Party president Badruddin Ajmal said he has renominated seven of its 13 sitting MLAs. The party has put 11 candidates in alliance with its partners while it has decided […]
4 years ago
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Assam: Denied ticket, Prafulla Mahanta might join Congress-led ‘Mahajot’, wife Jayashree hints
Founding AGP president and former two-time Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is all set to once again sever ties with the party he had founded and could in likelihood join hands with the Congress. Mahanta was denied the ticket from Barhampur – the seat he has been representing for seven straight terms since 1985 […]
4 years ago
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Aminul Islam, Bhuban Baruah join NPP in Guwahati
Former Congress MLA from 21 Mankachar legislative assembly, Aminul Islam has joined the Conrad Sangma-led National People’s Party (NP{P) on Saturday. Another former MLA from Asom Gana Parishad, Bhuban Baruah has also joined the NPP. Baruah, who represented Chabua was a minister in Prafulla Kumar Mahanta’s cabinet. He had won the Chabua assembly constituency in […]
4 years ago
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Former Sahitya Sabha president Paramananda Rajbongshi joins BJP ahead of Assam assembly polls
Ahead of the Assam assembly elections, Former Sahitya Sabha president Paramananda Rajbongshi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday. Rajbongshi joined the BJP at its state headquarters in presence of state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, Rajya Sabha MP Bhubaneswar Kalita, Lok Sabha MP Pallab Lochan Das and other top leaders. The former Assam […]
4 years ago
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AJP releases first list of candidates ahead of Assam polls
The Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Friday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Assam. The new regional party have announced the name of candidates for 18 seats. Former AASU General Secretary and AJP president Luring Jyoti Gogoi will contest from Duliajan, while general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan will contest from […]
4 years ago
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ECI reviews poll preparedness with Assam CEO, DCs and senior officers
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday conducted a review meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer, Assam and other senior officials via video conferencing, to take stock of the preparedness of 12 districts going for the poll in the first phase of assembly elections in the state. Dharmendra Sharma, Director General of ECI, along […]
4 years ago
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Will tea garden workers look at Rs 5,000 in bank accounts or 5 leaves plucked by Priyanka Gandhi? asks Assam BJP chief
Taking a dig at Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi’s visit to the tea gardens in poll-bound Assam and an attempt at plucking the leaves, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam chief Ranjit Dass on Friday said women working at tea gardens will vote for BJP government schemes and not for the stunt ahead […]
4 years ago
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Mahagathbandhan’s only aim is to defeat BJP in Assam, says Badruddin Ajmal
All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal on Friday said that the Mahagathbandhan has only one aim in the upcoming assembly elections in Assam – to ensure the loss of BJP. “In our alliance, seat sharing is not an issue. We have a one-point program, only one target which is to ensure BJP’s […]
4 years ago
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BJP CEC meets to finalise candidates for Assam, West Bengal
The BJP’s central election committee (CEC) met on Thursday to finalise party candidates for the initial phases of assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam, two of the four states going to the elections besides the union territory of Puducherry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Shah along with […]
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