The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Tuesday announced a list of candidates for 65 constituencies for the forthcoming Assam polls scheduled for next month even as the party has given tickets to 11 women candidates in the first list.
The list includes names of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who will contest from his home constituency Titabor, Speaker of the outgoing assembly Pranab Kumar Gogoi in Sivsagar constituency and former Congress lok Sabha MP Paban Singh Ghatowar, who will contest from Moran legislative assembly constituency.
The list includes several new faces and at least 11 women candidates.
The party, however, denied tickets to two of its sitting legislators — Sarat Saikia in Mahmora constituency who had retained the constituency for three consecutive terms and Amiya Googoi in Duliajan constituency.
The women candidates in the list includes, Ajanta Gogoi (Golaghat), Bismita Gogoi (Khumtai), Aarati Kachari Hazarika (Dergaon), Pallabi Saikia Gogoi (Teok), Ankita Dutta (Aamguri), Sumitra Doely Patir (Dhemaji), Pranati Phukan (Naharkatia), Bithika dev (Silchar), Dr. Rumi Nath (Borkhola), Monika Bora (Gohpur) and Roselina Tirkey (Sarupathar).
The new faces include, Roselina Tirkey (Sarupathar), daughter of Assam Pradesh Congress President Anjan Dutta Ankita Dutta (Aamguri), Pallabi Saikia Gogoi (Teok), Suruj Dihingia (Mahmora), Dr. Joy Prakash Das (lakhimpur), Dhruba Jyoti Gogoi (Duliajan), Goutam Dhanowar (Digboi) and Birinchi Neog (Sadiya).
The list, however, did not include the name of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Anjan Dutta, who sought party ticket from Sivsagar assembly constituency.
The BJP had already announced its list for 88 Assembly constituencies in Assam. The AIUDF, which is the principal Opposition party in Assam has also announced its first list including 16 candidates followed by the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) which had announced candidates for 24 candidates.