Ajmal said, “The party wants to contest the by-election. I will file my nomination on Wednesday. I will get the votes of Muslims and Hindus. Congress has done nothing for Muslims. I will get not less than one lakh Hindu votes.” He said his opponent is from BJP.
“I have done a lot of work during the floods in Sibsagar. So Assamese people will vote for us,” he claimed.
Earlier, Ajmal had rejected the Congress party’s offer of jointly fighting the Nagaon seat.
By-election is being held as sitting MP from the Congress, Pradyut Bordoloi, resigned and left the Congress. He contested the assembly election in April this year from Dispur seat on a BJP ticket and won.
Congress has fielded former Batadrava MLA Sibamoni Bora. The All India Trinamool Congress had announced Abdul Salam as its candidate for the seat.
BJP has fielded Devasish Sharma, a former bureaucrat. On September 3, Nagaon District Commissioner, Sharma, had taken voluntary retirement from government service after the Assam government accepted his request.
