As preparations for upcoming Lok Sabha elections pick up heat across the country including Assam, more than 250 people joined Congress in Biswanath disrict on April 4 during a mass joining programme.
The induction ceremony was held at the initiative of Biswanath District Congress in collaboration with East Chhedwara Block Congress.
The first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Assam will be held on April 19.
There are 35 candidates in the fray for the April 19 first phase polls to five Lok Sabha constituencies of Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga and Sonitpur.
Meanwhile, four candidates including Congress nominees Gaurav Gogoi and Premlal Ganju in the fray for the first phase of Assam Lok Sabha polls on April 19 have criminal cases pending against them though none have been convicted, according to affidavits submitted by them at the time of filing of nomination papers
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