The Asom Gana Parishad (AJP) has announced the first list of
its 25 candidates for the Assam Polls including the names of former chief
minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and its president Atul Bora.
AGP president Atul Bora said that the party will soon
announce the names of other contestants in those constituencies where it will
have friendly contests with the BJP.
The name of the 25 cadidates include former two-time chief
minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (Barhampur), ex-ministers Brindaban Goswami
(Tezpur), Renupama Rajkhowa (Teok), Pradeep Hazarika (Amguri), Pabindra Deka
(Patacharkuchi), Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita (Chaygaon), Ramendra Narayan Kalita
(Guwahati West), Bora said. The others in the list include sitting MLAs Binod
Gowala (Sarupathar), Utpal Dutta (Lakhimpur), Prabin Hazarika (Bwiswanath),
Phani Bhusan Choudhury (Bongaigaon), Bhupen Rai (Abhayapuri-North), Mukundaram
Choudhury (Kalaigaon), Kesab Mahanta (Kaliabor). Besides party president Atul
Bora (Bokakhat), the others are Bhabendra Nath Bharali (Dergaon-SC), Naren
Sonowal (Naharkatia), Dr Ali Azam Sheikh (Bilasipara-East), Rabin Banikya
(Abhayapuri-South), Gunindra Nath Das (Barpeta), Jyotiprasad Das (Boko-SC),
Satyabrata Kalita (Kamalpur), Habibur Rahman (Dalgaon), Ranjit Deka
(Lahorighat) and Ziauddin Ahmed (Jamunamukh).
The AGP leader further said that the candidates have been
selected in the interest of the party and considering their winning possibility
of seats as per reports given by survey done by the party.
The AGP president also requested party workers who went away
or have distanced themselves to sort out their differences and return to the
party fold to strengthen it and help the party to win.
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