Three parties from Bihar would try their electoral luck in the Assam election. JD(U) of Nitish Kumar and RSLP led by the former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha have decided to go solo in the Assam election. The opposition party in Bihar, RJD will be participating in the Assam state elections in an alliance with Congress-AIUDF grand alliance.

JD(U) has decided to participate in at least 32 seats in the Assam assembly which has a total of 126 seats, as disclosed by sources with knowledge of the developments. MLC Gulam Rasool Baliyawi, the Assam in-charge of JD(U) & Shrawan Kumar, Bihar’s rural development minister have reached Guwahati to decide on the number of seats the party would be contesting in the election. Both of them are scheduled to hold a series of meetings with the local JD(U) leaders and the workers at the various places in Assam.

The ruling party in Assam, BJP is confident of winning over 100 seats in the upcoming assembly poll in the state. In this regard, the first phase election for 47 assembly constituencies is crucial for the saffron party to retain power in the state and achieve its ‘Mission 100 plus’ target.

The first phase poll for 47 assembly constituencies will be held on March 27, where 42 seats are from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats are from central Assam’s Nagaon district.

While the BJP has announced the candidate list for 70 constituencies (for first and second phase), the opposition Congress has announced the candidates list for 40 constituencies. The Congress party is yet to announce its candidates for Titabor, the seat which was represented by former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.