Assam: Candidate Lists of Parties Tell a Story of Miscalculation and Possible Blunders
The delay in releasing the lists clearly shows that the parties are facing a great difficulty in coming out with consensual candidates while also managing relations with alliance partners.
Flags of the Congress and BJP. Photo: PTI
Politics08/Mar/2021
After a long wait, the BJP, Congress, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and Raijor Dal have finally released initial lists of their candidates for the Assam assembly elections 2021. Though the BJP had declared that it will reveal all its candidates within the first two days of March, it released the names of 70 candidates on March 5. Other parties were even late. The delay in releasing the lists clearly shows that the parties were facing great difficulties in coming out with consensual candidates while also managing relations with alliance partners. But what do their lists reveal if we take a deeper look?