The new regional party, AJP announced its first list on Friday evening, of 18 candidates for the first phase of the Assam Assembly election.

The president of the party Lurinjyoti Gogoi to contest from the Duliajan constituency while general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan will contest from the Sadia constituency in Upper Assam. The regional party has also fielded Ajay Tanti (from Rangapara constituency), a central executive member of Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) who joined the party on Thursday.

The first AJP list include Raju Phukan (Sarupathar), Chittaranjan Basumatary (Dhemaji), Paban Saikia (Khumtai), Shatrughna Sasoni (Dhekiajuli), Anjar Hussain (Dhing), Arup Kumar Saikia (Batradava), Ananda Chandra Das (Dergaon), Ribulaya Gogoi (Nazira), Dipen Tanti (Thaora), Achyut Saikia (Bihpuria), Ajit Buragohain (Dibrugarh), Rajiv Kumar Hazarika (Mariani), Samsher Singh (Tinsukia), Satyajit Regon (Dhakuakhana) and Sanjay Kumar Deb (Margherita).

It may be noted that AJP is contesting the Assembly polls in alliance with another regional party led by Akhil Gogoi, Raijor Dal.