Guwahati, Sept. 11 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Debasish Sharma as its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha by-election in Assam's Nagaon constituency.

The BJP's Central Election Committee approved Sharma's candidature for constituency 09-Nagaon, according to an announcement issued by the party's central office in New Delhi on Friday, September 11.

Former Nagaon District Commissioner Debashis Sarma and journalists Lenin Saurav Bora and Gunjan Kalita joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday.

The by-election is scheduled for October 6, and votes will be counted on October 9.

Pradyut Bordoloi vacated the Nagaon seat after leaving the Congress and joining the BJP. He had won the seat on a Congress ticket in the ...