<span style="color: #222222;">In Assam, the stage is set for conducting the first phase of polls for 47 seats tomorrow. Eighty one lakh voters will decide the fate of 264 candidates including 23 women. Several senior leaders including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal from Majuli are in the fray.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Along with Chief Minister, BJP leader and Assembly Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami, ministers Ranjit Dutta and Naba Doley, state Congress President Ripun Bora would also contest in the first phase. President of Asom Gana Parishad Atul Bora, President of Assam Jatiya Parishad Lurinjyoti Gogoi and Chief of Raijor Dal Akhil Gogoi are in the fray too.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Tomorrow webcasting would be done at 50 per cent polling stations. There are 11,537 polling stations in this phase. Three hundred companies of Central Armed Police Forces have been deployed in this phase. Proper security arrangements have been made to ensure smooth polling at critical polling booths.</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | March 26, 2021 7:19 PM
Assam gears up for conducting first phase of polls for 47 seats on Saturday