BJP announces two more candidates for Assam Assembly polls

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 PTIOn 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 JorhatThe 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 PTICongress 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 AbhayapuriThe 126member Assam Assembly will go to the polls on April 9 with results scheduled to be announced on May 4Puducherry Assembly polls 2026 PML Kalyanasundaram GNS Rajasekaran among BJPrsquos picks for April 9 electionsThe 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 ThirunallarAccording 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 Castendashreserved seat PTI reportedThe ruling AINRC and the BJPAIADMK 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 14As 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 hotelFrom 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 frontIn 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 blankThe singlephase polling for 30 seats will be held on April 9 with results declared on May 4With PTI inputs