Overview
- Raijor Dal named 11 contenders in its first slate, including working president Romen Chandra Borthakur for Jalukbari, Azizur Rahman for Dalgaon, Abdur Rashid Mandal for East Goalpara, and student leader Rahul Chetry for Margherita.
- Both parties now claim Margherita, where Raijor Dal picked Chetry and Congress earlier named Prateek Bordoloi, highlighting a breakdown in coordination before the April assembly elections.
- Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi did not feature on the first list, and he criticized Congress for releasing its candidates unilaterally while talks on seat-sharing were still underway.
- BJP leaders, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, attacked Congress for what they called dynastic selections, pointing to nominees such as Gaurav Gogoi, Debabrata Saikia and Diganta Barman.
- Negotiations remain unresolved, with reports saying Congress offered Raijor Dal four seats plus limited friendly contests as Raijor Dal seeks roughly 15, while AIUDF has declared it will not join the opposition alliance.