Guwahati, Sept. 9 -- Former Nagaon Deputy Commissioner Debashish Sharma and journalists Lenin Saurav Bora and Gunjan Kalita joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, days ahead of the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll.

The three joined the party at a programme attended by Assam BJP president and MP Dilip Saikia, Cabinet Ministers Piyush Hazarika, Jayanta Malla Baruah and Kaushik Rai, Nagaon MLA Rupak Sharma and other senior party leaders.

Sharma's entry into the BJP has triggered speculation over whether he could be considered for the party's Nagaon bypoll ticket. Saikia, however, said Sharma had not sought a ticket before joining the party.

"We have a panel of candidates," Saikia said, adding that discussions on the election were alre...