Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday filed his nomination from a Rajya Sabha seat in Assam and is all set to be elected unopposed with the opposition deciding not to put up any candidate against him.
The Shipping Minister filed his papers before Returning Officer Dulal Pegu at the Assam Assembly. The former chief minister is the unanimous candidate of the ruling alliance in the state comprising BJP, AGP and UPPL. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, AGP leader and Agriculture Minister Atul Bora, UPPL leader and Handloom and Textile Minister U G Brahma, Bodoland Territorial Region chief Pramod Bodo, BJP state president Bhabesh Kalita, and cabinet ministers and saffron party leaders accompanied him.
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