The Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam released its list of candidates on Thursday for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
The party has fielded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from the Jalukbari seat, which he has represented since 2001. Nagaon MP Pradyut Bordoloi, who joined the BJP on Wednesday, will contest from the Dispur Assembly constituency.
Sarma has won the Jalukbari seat in all Assembly polls since 2001.
Pradyut Bordoloi, who was a Congress MP from the state’s Nagaon constituency, had quit the party on Tuesday.
A day later, his son Prateek Bordoloi, who had been fielded by the Congress from the Margherita constituency for the elections, withdrew his candidacy, The Indian Express reported.
In a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Prateek Bordoloi said that his decision was taken to avoid any “confusion” regarding his “commitment”. He added that he would continue to remain a member of the party.
The Assembly elections in Assam will take place in a single phase on April 9. The votes will be counted on May 9. The state has 126 Assembly seats.
The BJP is contesting the polls in an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland People’s Front.
Under the seat-sharing agreement, the BJP will contest 89 seats, the Asom Gana Parishad will fight on 26, and the Bodoland People’s Front will contest 11, according to The Times of India.
In the list released on Thursday, the name of the candidate from Sissiborgaon constituency has been withheld.
The party has fielded former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah from the Bihpura seat.
Borah quit the Congress and joined the BJP in February. He was the president of the Congress’ Assam unit between 2021 and 2025.
Several other key BJP leaders in Assam, including Pijush Hazarika, Rupali Langthasa, and Prasanta Phukan, also feature on the party’s first list of candidates.
While Hazarika will contest from Jagiroad, Langthasa will fight the Haflong seat and Phukan from Dibrugarh.
With the announcement of the elections, the Model Code of Conduct came into force in the state on Sunday.
The code is a set of guidelines issued by the poll panel that political parties, candidates and the government must follow during an election. It sets guardrails for speeches, campaigning, meetings, processions, election manifestos and other aspects of the polls.
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