21 March,2026 03:05 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The 126-member Assam Assembly will go to the polls on April 9, with results scheduled to be announced on May 4. Repesentational Pic
The BJP on Saturday announced two more candidates for the April 9 Assembly elections in Assam, fielding Krishna Saha from Dalgaon and Jiban Gogoi from Sissibargaon, party sources told PTI.
On Thursday, the BJP had released its first list of 88 candidates for Assam, fielding Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari and sitting BJP MP Hitendra Nath Goswami against state Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi from Jorhat.
The Cabinet ministers renominated from their seats include Ajanta Neog from Golaghat, Ranoj Pegu from Dhemaji (ST), Rupesh Gowala from Doomdooma, Binal Borah from Tingkhon, Pijush Hazarika from Jagiroad (SC), Jayanta Malla Baruah from Nalbari, Ashok Singhal from Dhekiajuli, Krishendu Paul from Patharkandi, and Kaushik Rai from Lakhipur, reported PTI.
Congress leaders Pradyut Bordoloi and Bhupen Borah, who recently joined the BJP, will contest from Dispur and Bihpuria, respectively. Among the other recent entrants from the Congress, Sashi Kanta Das has been fielded from Raha (SC), while Kamalakhya Purkayastha has been shifted from Karimganj (North) to Katigorah. Former AGP MLA Bhupen Roy, who recently joined the BJP, will contest from Abhayapuri.
The 126-member Assam Assembly will go to the polls on April 9, with results scheduled to be announced on May 4.
The BJP on Saturday announced nine candidates for the April 9 Puducherry Assembly polls, including P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram from Kalapet and G. N. S. Rajasekaran from Thirunallar.
According to the list, A. Namassivayam will contest from Mannadipet, V. P. Ramalingame from Rajbhavan, and A. Johnkumar from Mudaliarpet. Embalam R. Selvam will enter the fray from Manavely, T. K. S. M. Meenatchisundaram from Neravy T. R. Pattinam, and A. Dineshan from Mahe. E. Theeppainthan will seek election from Oussudu, a Scheduled Caste-reserved seat, PTI reported.
The ruling AINRC and the BJP-AIADMK combine on Friday reached an agreement for the Assembly polls in the Union Territory, under which the AINRC will contest 16 seats and the BJP will contest the remaining 14.
As per PTI, the arrangements were finalised after Puducherry Chief Minister and AINRC leader N. Rangasamy held talks on Friday with BJP leader and Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya at a private hotel.
From its share, the BJP has allocated two seats each to the AIADMK and the Lakshia Jananayaga Katchi (LJK), AINRC sources said. Although Rangasamy had maintained that the LJK, headed by Jose Charles Matin, should not be accommodated in the NDA led by the AINRC, talks with the Central minister ended with the chief minister agreeing to include the LJK in the front.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, the AINRC contested 16 seats and won 10, the BJP contested nine seats and won six, while the AIADMK contested five seats and drew a blank.
The single-phase polling for 30 seats will be held on April 9, with results declared on May 4.
(With PTI inputs)
