Udalguri: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma along with several top guns of the state including Assam BJP President, Bhabesh Kalita; BTC CEM Pramod Boro; Cabinet Ministers, Jayanta Malla Baruah, Ranjit Das, Chandra Mohan Patowary; Rajya Sabha MP’s Bhubaneswar Kalita, Rwngwra Narzary among others joined sitting MP and BJP candidate for Darrang-Udalguri Lok Sabha constituency, Dilip Saikia while filing nomination papers for the seat before the District Commissioner and DEO, Javir Rahul Suresh at Udalguri on Thursday.
Addressing a public gathering in Udalguri before nomination which drew a sea of crowds, Chief Minister, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted that the state government have fulfilled its pre-poll promises be it the Arunodoi scheme or 1 lakh jobs to youths.
He further asserted that Assam have witnessed ‘peace’ and ‘development ‘ and the disturbed Bodo belt has been restored with ‘permanent peace’ and ‘stability’.
He further sought peoples’ active democratic participation and vote for the BJP candidate and brought a ‘double engine’ government for the sake of growth and development.
He also assured that the state government is contemplating covering every head of the family enlisted in ration cards with health and life insurance by the state government.
Sarma appealed to the people to help the government in its endeavour to take the state’s potential to a greater height and assured that various people-friendly initiatives specifically focusing on incentives for the higher education of girl children will be implemented.
Pertinently, Biren Basak from Bharatiya Gaana Parishad, Daniel Mardi as Independent; Aroon Barooa from Bharatheeya Jawan Kisan Party and Abdul Hamed from Rashtriya Ulema Council also filed their nominations for the Udalguri-Darrang Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday. It may mentioned that after delimitation the newly carved out Udalguri-Darrang HPC have encompassed 11 Legislative Assembly constituencies namely Rangia LAC, Kamalpur LAC, Tamulpur LAC, Goreswar LAC, Udalguri LAC, Bhergaon LAC, Tangla LAC, Mazbat LAC, Sipajhar LAC, Mangaldai LAC, Dalgaon LAC covering 4 districts. The constituency has a total number of voters of 21,87160 comprising 10,99294 males and 10,87847 females.