GUWAHATI: Bodoland People's Front (BPF) leader Biswajit Daimary filed the nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections at Assam Legislative Assembly in Guwahati on March 11.
Daimary was accompained by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP President Ranjeet Dass, State Finance Minister Himanta Biswa, Atul Bora, Hagrama Mohilary among others.
Till now 9 candidates have collected the forms of nomination papers from the Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha election slated to be held on March 26, 2020. While Bhubaneswar Kalita, Satyendra Prasad Deka, Subhas Dutta and Abdul Rezzak collected their forms on March 10, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, Biswajit Daimary, Kazi Nekib Ahmed, Sapatoon Begum and Moitree Sarma had collected the forms earlier.
The last date for filing of nomination papers is March 13. The election will be held from 9 AM to 4 PM on March 26. The scrutiny of nomination papers is on March 16, and the last date of withdrawal of nomination papers is March 18.