As their demography and vote banks changed, Gogoi and Barpeta MP Abdul Khaleque sought to contest from Nagaon and Dhubri seats respectively. Khaleque said it in public, Gogoi did not. Khaleque has been denied ticket.
The Congress offered one seat to Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) while no decision has been made on one seat. Congress and AJP are components in the state’s 16-party Opposition alliance.
In the prestigious Guwahati seat, Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress chief Mira Barthakur Goswami will take on the might of BJP vice president Bijuli Kalita Medhi. Earlier, Medhi had served as the party’s state women wing chief.
The other Congress candidates are Somya Kanti Sarkar (Silchar), Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury (Karimganj), Deep Bayan (Barpeta), Joyram Engleng (Diphu), Rakibul Hussain (Dhubri), Garjan Mushahary (Kokrajhar), Madhav Rajbongshi (Darrang/Udalguri) Prem Lal Ganju (Sonitpur) and Roselina Tirkey (Kaziranga).
