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  • Assam Assembly Election | Congress releases latest list with 26 names

    Assam Assembly Election | Congress releases latest list with 26 names

    The Congress released a new list of 26 names for the second phase of the assembly elections in Assam late Wednesday. The party has announced 43 seats for the first two phases before last Saturday.

    The party has named candidates for some key seats in the Barak Valley of South Assam which is the bone of contention between the Congress and its ally, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) led by Badruddin Ajmal.

    Prominent names in the list include former minister Siddique Ahmed from Karimganj South, MLA Kamalakhya De Purshakarthi from Karimganj North and entrepreneur Pradyut Bhuyan from Nalbari.

    Keen to exclude the BJP from its former stronghold, the Congress has forced the grand alliance of seven parties in the state to join the NDA.

    While the BJP is seeking a second term on the basis of its governance record, the Congress has raised the issue of Identity Politics and Citizenship Amendment Act in the state.

    The three-phase polling in the state will be held on March 27, April 1 and April 6 and the results will be announced on May 2.

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  • KC (M) releases list of candidates

    KC (M) releases list of candidates

    The Kerala Congress (M), a constituent of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), on Wednesday released a list of party candidates for 12 of the 13 seats in which the party is contesting.

    Apart from party president Jose K. Mani, two current MLAs of the party N. Jayaraj and Rosh Augustine are also in this list. Mani, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Kerala faced Mr. Mani c. Will be in frost with Kappan.

    Mr Augustine and Mr Jayaraj will seek re-election from their existing seats Idukki and Kanjirappalli respectively, while senior leader KI Antony is being pitted against Kerala Congress veteran PJ Joseph in Thodupuzha. Sebastian Kulathangal, former president of the Kottayam district panchayat, will contest in Poonjar, while senior leader Job Michael is a candidate in Changasassery.

    KC (M) general secretary PN Pramod Narayanan will contest in Rani, while Babu Joseph, president of KC (M) Ernakulam district unit, will be in the fray in Perumbavur. In Kaduthuruthi, Casey (M) state general secretary Stephen George will face Mons Joseph, a strong member of the MLA and Joseph group.

    Sindhumol Jacob, the lone female candidate in the list, will contest from Priyav, Dennis Antony in Chalakkudy and Saji Kuttiyanimattam from Irikur.

    In the wake of the protests by CPI (M) workers, the party has not decided its candidate on the Kutiyadih seat.

    During the election, KC (M) is incited to join the Joseph group, which has four seats – Kaduthuruthi, Thodupuzha, Idukki and Changanassery. In Piravom, the KC (M) candidate was fielded for a fight with another Kerala Congress candidate Anoop Jacob of the Kerala Congress (Yakub) group.

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