Left parties to contest 48 Assam seats

The Left parties in Assam are strong in the Bengali dominated Barak valley area in southern Assam consisting mainly of Cachar,Hailakandi and Karimganj districts.

The Alliance’s candidates will contest in four constituencies in Barak Valley’s Cachar district with CPI-M’s Parimal Paul in Silchar,CPI’s Brajendra Das in Dholai and CPI-ML candidate Haidar Hussain in Udharbond.

The lone Forward Block candidate for the Sonai seat would be finalised later,Acharjee added.

He said the left parties has formed the alliance “to save the people of Assam from the common enemy,the Congress and BJP,by raising issues like price rise,rampant corruption by the Congress,failure to bring about development,etc.”