Assam polls 2021: Congress releases list of 40 candidates; state chief Ripun Bora to contest from Gohpur
FirstpostThe party also fielded Rana Goswami from Jorhat, Subhramitra Gogoi from Sibsagar, Rajkumar Nilanetra Neog from Dibrugarh and Sibnath Chetia from Digboi The Congress on Saturday announced a list of 40 candidates for the. According to the list, the party’s state unit chief Ripun Bora will contest from Gohpur and Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia will contest from his traditional seat of Nazira. The party also fielded Rana Goswami from Jorhat, Subhramitra Gogoi from Sibsagar, Rajkumar Nilanetra Neog from Dibrugarh and Sibnath Chetia from Digboi. INC COMMUNIQUE Important Notification regarding party candidates for Assam pic.twitter.com/ovp5BoF16O — INC Sandesh March 6, 2021 Another key candidate is Bitupan Saikia, who has crossed over from the Bharatiya Janata Party to the Congress.