Congress springs surprise with third and final list; check names here

GUWAHATI: The Congress tonight sprung yet another surprise for its members as well as supporters naming Ashima Bordoloi as its Guwahati East candidate for the Assam Elections 2021.

The BJP has fielded state minister Sidhartha Bhattacharya as its candidate in the constituency that has been mythically proving to be deciding the party that forms the government at Dispur since Independence.

The list of 21 candidates, announced a few minutes ago, apparently left aspirant Mira Borthakur devastated once again after she switched side from the BJP to Congress only with a hope that she would be the Guwahati East candidate.

Sitting MLA Rekibuddin Ahmed has been named the Congress nominee to take on former health minister Kamala Kanta Kalita at Chhaygaon.