The ruling Congress has so far decided on party nominees for six Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam while names of prospective candidates for the rest of the constituencies have been screened and sent to the central election committee of the party for final selection.
A senior leader of state Congress informed that the ruling party would field candidates in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam out of the total 14 seats as it has decided to give up one seat for its ally, Bodo People's Front.
"Party candidates for six parliamentary constituencies Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaliabor, Autonomous Districts (Diphu), Silchar and Karimganj, have been finalized as there was only one aspirant for each of these constituencies," sources said.
Senior party leader from the tea tribe community, Paban Singh Ghatowar will contest from Dibrugarh, Union Minister of State for fertilizer and chemicals, Bijoy Krishna Handique from Jorhat, Union Minister for Heavy Industries, Santosh Mohan Deb from Silchar and sitting party MPs Dip Gogoi, Biren Singh Ingti and Lalitmohan Sukla Baidya will contest from Kaliabor, Diphu and Karimganj constituencies respectively.
Scores of other Congress leaders including women and youth leaders are in the
