New Delhi/Guwahati, March 21 The BJP announced the names of two more candidates for the April 9 Assembly elections in Assam on Saturday, fielding Krishna Saha from Dalgaon and Jiban Gogoi from Sissibargaon, party sources said.
With this, the saffron party has fielded its candidates for 90 seats in the 126-member Assam Assembly.
Speculations were rife that the wife of the BJP's Lakhimpur MP Pradan Baruah might be fielded from Sissibargaon for the Assembly polls. The Sissibargaon seat falls under the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency.
However, Jiban Gogoi, a local leader of the party, made the cut.
The BJP is contesting the state polls in alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People's Front (BPF). AGP got 26 seats while the BPF got 11 in its share as a pre-poll arrangement. The remaining seats are in the BJP's share.
Both the BJP and AGP have named candidates for the Chamaria seat.
The BJP announced its first list of 88 candidates on Thursday, fielding Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Jalukbari, and incumbent MLA Hitendra Nath Goswami against state Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi in Jorhat.
The Cabinet ministers who have been renominated from their seats include Ajanta Neog from Golaghat, Ranoj Pegu from Dhemaji (ST), Rupesh Gowala from Doomdooma, Bimal Borah from Tingkhong, Pijush Hazarika from Jagiroad (SC), Jayanta Malla Baruah from Nalbari, Ashok Singhal from Dhekiajuli, Krishendu Paul from Patharkandi and Kaushik Rai from Lakhipur.
Pradyut Bordoloi and Bhupen Borah, who recently joined the BJP from the Congress, will contest from Dispur and Bihpuria, respectively.
Among the other recent entrants to the BJP from the Congress, Sashi Kanta Das has been fielded from the Raha (SC) seat, while Kamalakhya Purkayastha has been named for the Katigorah assembly constituency. Both are incumbent MLAs.
Former AGP MLA Bhupen Roy, who recently joined the BJP, will contest from Abhayapuri.