STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Bye-election to the Assam Legislative Assembly, 2021 will be held on October 30, 2021 in the five LACs –28 Gossaigaon, 41 Bhabanipur, 58 Tamulpur, 101 Mariani and 107 Thowra Legislative Assembly Constituencies. Although the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has not fielded any canditate in any of these five LACs, AGP president Atul Bora has appealed to party leaders and workers to campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) candidates.
Talking to The Sentinel, AGP president Atul Bora said, "The BJP-AGP-UPPL alliance is running the government in Assam. Although our party had fielded no candidate, as an alliance partner we will support and campaign for BJP and UPPL candidates. I was present during the submission of nomination paper by a BJP candidate and I will also campaign for BJP and UPPL candidates."
The AGP president further said, "Bhabanipur got the first martyr of the Assam Movement, Khageswar Talukdar. So I appeal to the people of Bhabanipur to vote for the BJP candidate and reject political parties which support suspected citizens."
He also expressed confidence that the BJP-AGP-UPPL alliance would win in all the five LACs.
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