Nine candidates file nomination on last day for Tezpur constituency

Nine candidates file nomination on last day for Tezpur constituency

A Correspondent

Tezpur: Nine candidates filed their nomination papers on Monday for the Lok Sabha elections to the 9-Tezpur Parliamentary constituency which will go to polls in the first phase on April 11. The candidates filed their nominations before the Returning Officer for 9-Tezpur HPC and Deputy Commissioner of Sonitpur, Narsing Pawar.

BJP has fielded minister Pallab Lochan Das for the prestigious Tezpur constituency. The BJP candidate was accompanied by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, PWD and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, local MLA Brindaban Goswami, Rajen Barthakur, chairman of Assam Textbook Publication, and several other leaders.

While talking to mediapersons, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that BJP would win 10-11 seats in Assam. “I have strong faith that the people of Tezpur will definitely support us to ensure peace and development in Tezpur constituency,” he said.

On the other hand, Indian National Congress (INC) had fielded MGVK Bhanu, former Additional Chief Secretary, for the Tezpur constituency. He was accompanied by APCC president Ripun Bora and former minister Rakibul Hussain as he filed his nomination papers.

The seven other candidates who filed their nominations on Monday are Mahendra Orang of Voters’ Party International (VPI), Mahendra Bhuyan of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), independent candidate Iqbal Ansari, Ranvijay Kumar Rai of Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP), Bijoy Kumar Tiru of Adivasi National Party of Assam (ANPA), Ram Bahadur Sonar of National People’s Party (NPP) and Krishna Hari Paul of All India Hindustan Congress Party. Independent candidate Ziabur Rahman Khan filed his nominations on Friday, which takes the total number of nominations filed for 9-Tezpur HPC to 10.

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