In Lakhimpur, it is a direct fight between the BJP and Congress. BJP MP Pradan Baruah, former Congress MLA, is seeking a third consecutive term from the seat against the Congress candidate Uday Shankar Hazarika. A total of nine contestants are in the fray from Lakhimpur constituency where recurring annual floods is an issue among the voters.
In Sonitpur, the Aam Aadmi Party has fielded Rishiraj Kaundinya while the Congress has nominated Prem Lal Ganju, despite being members of the INDIA bloc. The BJP has fielded its former state unit president and former minister Ranjit Dutta from the seat.
In the newly created Lok Sabha seat of Kaziranga, Congress has fielded Roselina Tirkey, a former MLA from Sarupathar while the BJP has named Rajya Sabha MP and influential tea tribe leader Kamakhya Prasad Tasa as a candidate.
The constituencies in Upper Assam have witnessed huge protests against the CAA. Assam was a traditional Congress bastion until BJP increased its tally from 7 to 9 in the 2019 parliamentary polls. The All India United Democratic Front and Independents had won one seat each while the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an ally of BJP, drew a blank. The Congress party won three seats.
The BJP has been aggressively campaigning in the state. Banking on welfare measure, BJP is hoping to get relected in the 9 seats while also increasing its tally. The Congress, however, feels that people will not pay heed to the “hollow promises” of the BJP, according to its state leaders. The opposition camp is also campaigning on planks of the Citizenship Amendment Act and development in the state.
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