Ruling BJP, AGP, BPF finalise candidates for 10 Assam seats
The panel has decided to deny ticket to its sitting MP R.P. Sarma from Tezpur.
Guwahati: After forging an alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), the ruling BJP has shortlisted panel of names of prospective candidates for 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam.
The poll panel, which has decided to field its heavyweight leader and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Tezpur, has sent multiple names to the parliamentary board from all the seats except, Tezpur. The panel has decided to deny ticket to its sitting MP R.P. Sarma from Tezpur.
Informing that for Silchar constituency the names of Rajdeep Roy and Parimal Suklabaidya have been shortlisted, party sources said that Kripanath Mallah and Amaresh Roy are in the panel for Karimganj.
For the Jorhat seat, the names of sitting MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, state minister Topon Kumar Gogoi, Lakhya Konwar and Santanu Gogoi are in the panel, while for Dibrugarh the names of sitting MP Rameswar Teli and Pulak Gohain are in the list.
Sitting MP Pradan Baruah and Haren Deori are in the panel for Lakhimpur.