Assam Barpeta Lok Sabha Seat

In a jolt to the Congress-led opposition alliance in Assam, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday announced that its MLA Manoranjan Talukdar will contest from the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat, for which the grand old party has announced its c

The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) - the second-most powerful opposition party in Assam - has decided to contest only from three of the state's 14 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections. The reason for this move, the party said, was to prevent a division in the secular vote from helping the BJP.

In a jolt to the Congress-led opposition alliance in Assam, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday announced that its MLA Manoranjan Talukdar will contest from the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat, for which the grand old party has announced its c

The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) - the second-most powerful opposition party in Assam - has decided to contest only from three of the state's 14 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections. The reason for this move, the party said, was to prevent a division in the secular vote from helping the BJP.