In the first contest of Demov, BJP stalwarts will face Congress and CPI. guwahati news
Dibrugarh: The newly formed Demo Assembly constituency in Sivasagar district will make its electoral debut, and it is set to see a triangular contest between BJP’s Sushant Borgohain, Congress candidate Ajoy Kumar Gogoi and CPI’s Ajoy Bora – the seat arising out of delimitation is going to polls for the first time.At the center of the fight stands Sushant Borgohain, 52, the sitting MLA from the now-defunct Thowra constituency, part of which now falls under the newly formed Demo seat. A three-time veteran MLA with a colorful political journey, Borgohain brings to the table the most formidable electoral track record.Borgohain first won the Thowra seat as a Congress candidate in 2011, defeating sitting independent MLA Kushal Dowari by 4,286 votes. In 2021, he won the seat again under the Congress banner, this time defeating Dowari, who was contesting as a BJP candidate, by a slim margin of 2,006 votes. Borgohain defected to the BJP soon after that victory, leading to a by-election. After this, he won the by-election by defeating Raijor Dal’s Dhaijya Konwar by a huge margin of 30,561 votes.Borgohain acknowledged the constituency’s serious civic challenges, saying, “The people of this constituency have supported me in every contest and every chapter of my political career. In Demos, I am carrying forward that faith with a commitment to development, better roads and stronger infrastructure.”His main rival, Congress’s 53-year-old Ajoy Kumar Gogoi, has a markedly different profile – a first-time politically elected candidate with strong academic credentials. Former head of the political science department at Moran Women’s School, Gogoi built a reputation as an excellent debater since her college and university days. While these skills may serve him well on the campaign trail, political observers say his lack of electoral experience at the grassroots level is a significant disadvantage against the three-time MLA.The third candidate, CPI’s Ajoy Bora, 44, adds a Left dimension to the contest, although the constituency is expected to be largely a bipolar battle, testing the party’s organizational strength.At the grassroots level, residents of the demo are vocal about their priorities. Dilapidated roads and crumbling bridges in rural areas of the constituency remain major concerns for voters, who say the infrastructure has been neglected over the years.Krishna Gohain, a resident of a rural area in the constituency, said, “We have been demanding proper roads and safe bridges for a long time. We want a representative who will actually work and not just make promises.”

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