Congress finalises candidates for five Lok Sabha seats in Assam

Congress has finalised the candidates for five of Assam’s 14 Lok Sabha constituencies, the party’s State president Bhupen Kumar Borah said

GUWAHATI

Congress has finalised the candidates for five of Assam’s 14 Lok Sabha constituencies, the party’s State president Bhupen Kumar Borah said on February 13.

There are at least two candidates in each of the remaining nine parliamentary seats in the State, he said. These include the constituencies Congress is expected to leave for others in the United Opposition Forum Assam (UOFA).

The 15-party UOFA was formed after the 10-party Mahajot (super alliance) experiment ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections in Assam did not last long.

“We had more than 70 applicants for the 14 constituencies. Our screening committee has shortlisted a candidate each for five constituencies while the remaining nine have two aspirants each and some of these are likely to be given to our UOFA partners,” Mr. Borah told journalists.

“We will take the final decision by February 20 or 22,” he said.

Mr. Borah’s announcement came days after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), one of the UOFA constituents, declared candidates for three Lok Sabha constituencies — Dibrugarh, Guwahati and Sonitpur — as it was “tired of waiting” for the seat-sharing arrangement.