Congress Assam leader Ripun Bora will run from Gohpur in the upcoming general election, which begins on March 27th.
New Delhi: Congress announced on Saturday a list of 40 candidates for the Assam Assembly polls, with the head of the state unit, Ripun Bora, from Gohpur and the high-ranking chairman Debabrata Saikia from Nazira at the start.
The party also suspended Rana Goswami from Jorhat, Subhramitra Gogoi from Sibsagar, Rajkumar Nilanetra Neog Dibrugarh and Sibnath Chetia from Digboi.
The Congress-led « Mahajoth » or Grand Alliance has the All India United Democratic Front, the Bodoland People’s Front, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and the Anchalik Gana Morcha as its components.
The elections for the 126-member Assam Assembly will take place in three phases from March 27, 2021.
Ref: https://thewire.in
