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Tough contest in Salakati constituency

As few days has left to the BTC election scheduled on April 8,candidates from various party and organisations including BJP,Congress,BJP,PDCR have been campaigning for their candidatures and showing of a tough contesting among various cornered candidates at Salakati constituency in Kokrajhar district and show mass supports ahead election.

Both national parties who are contesting the council election putting own candidates in all 40 seats of the council have claimed that BPF is not any afctor for the parties as peoples are wanting new reign in council and extending majority supports.BJP held several campaigns at Salakati area and show mass supports.

BJP candidate and former BPF leader for Salakato constituency,Malati Rani Narzary said that irrespective of caste and creed of the communities are supporting her saffron party and winning from Salakati is cent percent clear.She has allegged that BPF party has corrupted all public wealths in their decade long ruled in the council and still have peoples are depriving from all fronts of development and spirits of the social integration.She said that peoples have wave to the BJP party and stepping for new change of society to build a united and integrated council.She has claimed that BJP is reigning the council getting large majority in the election.

Congress candidate and youth leader of Congress Driti Sundar Basumatary inaugurated the election office at Salakati and held meeting with publics and campaigned that Congress is getting majority supports in the Salakati as peoples are come forward to vote for Congress.He said that his party is alawys with common voters and publics who has been taking care of the poorest citizens in the country.He said that Congress will get seats and BPF will be declined from ruling step and peoples will get new administration defeating BPF party.He also slammed the BPF party said atht BPF party has failed while providing development and scopes in aspects of  the society. Congress candidate has organised campaign meeting at Salakati,Kalipukri under Salakati seat.  

Five candidates from from multi parties and organisation including Derhasat Basumatary(BPF),Malati Rani Narzary(BJP),Driti Sundar Basumatary(Congress),Hitesh Mushahary(PCDR) and Aparna Nath(Ind) are contesting the Salakati constituency.There also seemed of most tough contest in between BPF,PCDR and BJP as candidates have mass supports in their levels in the constituency.  

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