Guwahati, Feb. 29 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) had reached the seat-sharing deal for Assam for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

CM Sarma announed that the BJP would contest on 11 out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the AGP would contest in Barpeta and Dhubri seats, while the UPPL is set to field its candidate from the Kokrajhar seat.

"BJP and its ally parties will fight jointly. AGP and UPPL are the ally parties of BJP. Yesterday, state BJP president Bhabesh Kalita and I attended a meeting with BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP leader BL ...