Congress & AIUDF-backed Veteran Journalist Ajit Kumar Bhuyan to Contest Rajya Sabha Polls

Guwahati, March 11, 2020:

Veteran Journalist Ajit Kumar Bhuyan will be officially contesting as the candidate for the third Rajya Sabha seat and the Assam Congress and AIUDF will be backing him in his independent candidature in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on March 26.

There had been speculations earlier about Bhuyan’s candidature, however formal announcements were yet to be made regarding Assam Opposition’s consensus candidate for one of the three Rajya Sabha seats to be vacated in April.

Ajit Bhuyan now is the official Opposition-backed candidate who would be contesting for the seat.

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While addressing the mediapersons, AIUDF president Maulana Badruddin Ajmal had earlier expressed the need to have “a vocal, articulate person who has a secular outlook and is against the unconstitutional Citizenship (Amendment) Act,” and added that the party’s candidate would be announced in two-three days.

It needs mention here Bodoland People's Front (BPF) Chief Biswajit Daimary has today filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat backed by the allies - BJP

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It may be mentioned here that the 126-member Assam Assembly has an effective strength of 124 following the death of Congress MLA Pranab Kumar Gogoi and BJP’s Rajen Barthakur. With 86 legislators, the BJP and its allies are confident of winning two of the three seats to be vacated in April.

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