New Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced its initial list of 88 candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma set to contest from the Jalukbari constituency.

Former Congress leader Pradyut Bordoloi has been fielded from Dispur shortly after joining the BJP in the presence of Sarma and other senior leaders.

Another recent entrant to the party, Bhupen Kumar Borah, has been nominated from the Bihpura seat.

The list also includes Madhavi Das from Birsing-Jarua, Jyotsana Kalita from Chamaria, and Nilima Devi from Mangaldai.

The candidates were finalised during a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee chaired by BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday evening.

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The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with other senior leaders. Assam BJP chief Dilip Saikia was also present.