BPF announces names of 8 more candidates; check list here

KOKRAJHAR: Bodoland People's Front (BPF) supremo Hagrama Mohilary today announced the names of 8 more candidates who will contest the ensuing polls in the state.

 

"In Gossaigaon, party leader Rajendranath Narzary will contest the polls. In Kokrajhar West, we will Rabiram Narzary. In Kokrajhar East, Pramila Rani Brahma will contest. In Sidli, Chandan Brahma will contest from the party. Sitting MLA Kamal Sing Narzary will contest in Bijni. Ram Das Basumatary will contest from Tamulpur. From Barama, we will field Prabin Boro. In Sapaguri, Ramdas Basumatary will contest," Mohilary said.

 

On March 9 last, the BPF had announced its first list of four candidates for the ensuing Assam Assembly elections 2021.

 

The candidates will contest for 4 Assembly seats in the Udalguri district including Udalguri, Paneri, Mazbat, and Kalaigaon.

 

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While Assam Cabinet minister and BPF leader Rihon Daimari has retained candidature for Udalguri, the Mazbat sitting MLA, Charan Boro has been nominated for the Mazbat seat.

 

BPF organizing secretary Karuna Kanta Swargiary has been nominated as BPF candidate for Paneri Assembly constituency while former Congressman, who switched to BPF, Durga Das Boro, has been given candidature for Kalaigaon.

 

The former CEM of the BTC today affirmed that his party's main agenda in the forthcoming elections is 'Assam bachao BJP hatao' (save Assam remove BJP).

 

The Congress led grand alliance or ‘Mahajath’ comprises the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI (M), the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation or CPI(ML), and the Anchalik Gana Marcha (AGM).

 

The BPF has also broken away from the BJP-led alliance to join the ‘Mahajath’.