The BJP has named Assam Minister Pallab Lochan Das as its candidate for Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency, replacing sitting MP Ram Prasad Sharma who quit the party on March 16 alleging "neglect by the new intruders".
The saffron party released on Friday its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls containing 36 names, including that of Lochan, who holds the portfolios of labour ministry and tea tribes welfare in Assam.
Das was elected from Rangapara constituency to the Assam Assembly in 2011 on a Congress ticket. Читать дальше...