GUWAHATI: The Indian National Congress on Monday, September 14, named former Batadroba MLA Sibamoni Bora as its candidate for the upcoming Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election in Assam.
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The announcement was made through a brief statement issued by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal. The statement said “The Congress president Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Smt. Sibamoni Bora, as party candidate for the ensuing bye-election to the Lok Sabha from Nagaon parliamentary constituency of Assam”.
Bora was elected from the Batadroba constituency in the 2021 Assam Assembly elections. She secured 84,278 votes, accounting for 60.02% of the total votes polled, and defeated then-incumbent BJP MLA Angoorlata Deka by 32,820 votes.
The ruling BJP has already announced former IAS officer Debasish Sharma as its candidate for the Nagaon seat. Sharma took voluntary retirement as Nagaon deputy commissioner earlier this month before being named by the party.
The Nagaon Lok Sabha seat fell vacant in March this year after sitting Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi resigned from the party and joined the BJP. He later contested and won the Dispur Assembly seat on a BJP ticket in the Assam Assembly elections held in April.
The nomination process for the by-election will begin on September 16. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on September 17, while September 19 will be the last date for withdrawal of candidature.
Polling for the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election will be held on October 6, with counting of votes scheduled for October 9.