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Assam: Congress asked to leave Barpeta Lok Sabha seat to the Left Front

GUWAHATI

Seventy-seven educationists, intellectuals, cultural and literary activists in Assam have asked the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) to leave the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat to the Left Front so that a key ally of the BJP can be defeated.

In a letter to APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah on March 17, the signatories said the Congress party should withdraw its candidate for the Barpeta seat in favour of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) to defeat the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) candidate.

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