GUWAHATI, March 4 -- The Congress on Tuesday released a list of 42 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Assam, becoming the first party in the state to announce contenders for the election. State Congress president and deputy leader of the party in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, will be contesting the election from Jorhat, the parliamentary constituency he currently represents. Assam is expected to go to polls in April for its 126-member assembly. The Congress, which is in talks with several Opposition parties to form an alliance against the ruling BJP-led government, has earlier said it plans to contest 100 seats. Gogoi has been targeted by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has alleged that the son of former chief minister Tarun G...