The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be contesting on seats from Assam in the approaching Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday. With this, three seats are left for the saffron party's allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL).
The AGP will contest from Barpeta and Dhubri, while UPPL will field its candidate in Kokrajhar.
The allies will support each other's candidates in all the 14 constituencies, Sarma said.
"Yesterday, BJP state chief Bhabesh Kalita and I had a meeting with our national president J P Nadda, Union Home minister Amit Shah, and our national general secretary B L Santosh, during which the seat-sharing was discussed," he told a press conference at the party headquarters here.
He said UPPL had requested for the Kokrajhar seat, which the BJP agreed to.
"The AGP, which has its base across the state, wanted more seats. But, I conveyed to them the request of our central leadership to contest from two seats this time, and they have obliged us," the CM said.
"Of the total 14 seats, we are optimistic of winning 11," he said.
The BJP has nine MPs in the outgoing Lok Sabha from the state, while the AGP and UPPL have no representation.
The Congress holds three seats and the AIUDF one, while another is with an independent candidate.
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