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AGSP announces list and manifesto

Guwahati, April 22. (PTI): The Asom Gana Sangram Parishad (AGSP) today announced a list of 28 candidates and released the party manifesto in which it pledged to bring complete peace in Assam.

"The AGSP will announce a ceasefire with the militants and suspend the operations of the unified command," party president Jatindra Borgohain told reporters here.

The AGSP will also make efforts to stop all kinds of killings in the State, end violence and ensure that permanent peace was restored. He said the party if voted to power will take strict measures to stop illegal migration.

The prominent contestants are: Dilip Sarkar from Bongaigaon, Kamleshwar Medhi from Sarukhetri, Satyabrata Kalita from Kamalpur, Hiranya Choudhury from Rangiya, Prabin Deka from Kalaigaon, Jayanta Kumar Barua from Tezpur, Lakhikanta Mahanta from Morigaon and Minu Bora from Batdrava.

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