GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday filed nomination papers as a BJP candidate from the Jalukbari constituency.
He was accompanied by his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, son Nandil Biswa Sarma and the BJP's Gauhati Lok Sabha MP Bijuli Kalita Medhi.
Sarma has represented Jalukbari under the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency since 2001 and seeks to retain it for the sixth consecutive term in the April 9 polls.
The CM led a large procession before entering the Kamrup (Metropolitan) District Election for filing nomination papers.