HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, March 15: The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president, Lurinjyoti Gogoi will be the INDIA alliance candidate from the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat.
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The party took the decision to filed Lurinjyoti during a meeting held in Dibrugarh on Friday.
The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), was formed by two student organisations of the state, All Assam Students’ Union(AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) in September 2020 Gogoi become the president of the party.
Gogoi came into prominence during the CAA movement when he was the general secretary of AASU. In 2021, he contested the Assam legislative assembly elections from the Naharkatia seat, but was defeated by BJP candidate Taranga Gogoi.
Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat is one of the prominent seat, which has been dominated by the tea tribe’s people. The political parties have always given first preference to tea tribe candidate from this constituency, but this time BJP have fielded Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal from the prestigious seat ,while Aam Adami Party have fielded Manoj Dhanowar.
Dibrugarh is set to witness a contest between two former members of the AASU, with Sarbananda Sonowal also being an ex-president of the students’ organisation and the former general secretary of AASU.
It is believed that Gogoi is set to give a tough fight to Sonowal and Dhanowar.
