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BJP picks Kanad Purkayastha for Rajya Sabha from Assam, keeps alliance with AGP intact

Guwahati, June 7 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday named Kanad Purkayastha, the party's Assam state secretary, as its official candidate for one of the two Rajya Sabha seats from the state.
The party’s Central Election Committee approved his candidature, a press release stated.
Purkayastha hails from the Barak Valley and belongs to a family with political roots in Assam.
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