Guwahati:
The stage is all set for the second and final phase of polls in 64 Assembly constituencies in 14 districts of Central and Lower Assam today.
Polling will be held amidst tight security as violence was feared in the four Bodo Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD), where the Ranjan Daimary led anti-talk faction of NDFB had indulged in few pre-poll incidents, official sources said.
Altogether 346 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed for the polls with 65 to 75 per cent of polling stations, including most of the critical ones to be covered by these security personnel and rest by police.
The districts going to polls include Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Barpeta, Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Baksa, Chirang, Udalguri, Darrang, Morigaon and Nagaon.
An electorate of 96,77,113 will decide the fate of 596 candidates.
In the second phase of polls, out of the total 12,589 polling stations, 2033 have been identified as hypersensitive, 4175 as sensitive and 475 as vulnerable.
Prominent candidates in contention are: Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman from Borkhetry, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari, Tourism and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain from Samaguri, Education Minister Gautam Bora from Batadraba and Social Welfare Minister Akon Bora from Dispur.
The BPF, the coalition partner of ruling Congress, also have three Ministers -- Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma from Kokrajhar (East), Transport Minister Chandan Brahma from Sidli and Public Health and Engineering Rihon Daimari from Udalguri (ST) -- among the eleven sitting party MLAs in the fray.
Former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, AGP President Chandramohan Patowary, former Speaker Pulakesh Barua, former AGP Ministers Thaneswar Boro, Rekha Rani Das Barua, Atul Bora and Girin Barua are also in the running.
Polling will be held amidst tight security as violence was feared in the four Bodo Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD), where the Ranjan Daimary led anti-talk faction of NDFB had indulged in few pre-poll incidents, official sources said.
Altogether 346 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed for the polls with 65 to 75 per cent of polling stations, including most of the critical ones to be covered by these security personnel and rest by police.
The districts going to polls include Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Barpeta, Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Baksa, Chirang, Udalguri, Darrang, Morigaon and Nagaon.
An electorate of 96,77,113 will decide the fate of 596 candidates.
In the second phase of polls, out of the total 12,589 polling stations, 2033 have been identified as hypersensitive, 4175 as sensitive and 475 as vulnerable.
Prominent candidates in contention are: Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman from Borkhetry, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari, Tourism and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain from Samaguri, Education Minister Gautam Bora from Batadraba and Social Welfare Minister Akon Bora from Dispur.
The BPF, the coalition partner of ruling Congress, also have three Ministers -- Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma from Kokrajhar (East), Transport Minister Chandan Brahma from Sidli and Public Health and Engineering Rihon Daimari from Udalguri (ST) -- among the eleven sitting party MLAs in the fray.
Former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, AGP President Chandramohan Patowary, former Speaker Pulakesh Barua, former AGP Ministers Thaneswar Boro, Rekha Rani Das Barua, Atul Bora and Girin Barua are also in the running.
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