Tea tribe leader Kamakhya Tassa to contest against Tarun Gogoi

GUWAHATI: Lok Sabha MP and tea tribe leader Kamakhya Tassa will contest against Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi in Titabor assembly constituency.

BJP in New Delhi released in list of 88 candidates for the assembly polls in Assam. BJP’s chief ministerial candidate, Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from Majuli.

BJP’s firebrand tea tribe leader, Kamakhya Prasad Tassa had in 2014 Lok Sabha polls defeated former union minister, B.K Handique in Jorhat constituency.

Several leaders who quit congress recently and joined BJP got tickets. These include Himanta Biswa Sarma (Jalukbari), Pallab Lochan Das (Rangapara), Piyush Hazarika (Jagiroad).