Guwahati, March 19 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that national BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and party president Nitin Nabin, will lead the assembly election campaign, which will begin on March 24, a day after the completion of the nomination filing process.
Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal, Pabitra Margherita, BJP state president Dilip Saikia, and party management committee convenor Pradan Baruah will also participate in the campaign in Assam, Sarma told reporters at the party headquarters here.
The campaign will continue until 5 pm on April 7.
The elections to the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on April 9, and votes will be counted on May 4.
The BJP on Thursday released its first list of 88 candidates for the Assam assembly polls.
Sarma said several state party functionaries will also participate in the canvassing.
"I am sure the people of the state will give us overwhelming support and blessings so that we can take the state to a new horizon of development," he said.
Sarma thanked Saikia for handing over a BJP ticket to him to contest the polls from the Jalukbari constituency.