Guwahati, May 4 (PTI) AJP’s greenhorn candidate Kunki Chowdhury, who shot to limelight after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma threatened of legal action against her parents over alleged beef consumption, lost to BJP veteran Vijay Kumar Gupta in Guwahati Central constituency by 61,921 votes, according to the Election Commission.
Gupta secured 1,01,297 votes, while Chowdhury bagged 39,376 votes. Anurupa Dekaraja of the Aam Aadmi Party bagged the third spot with only 1,939 votes.
During election campaigning, 27-year-old Chowdhury found herself at the centre of a charged controversy, with Sarma threatening a police case against her parents over alleged beef consumption, support for Pakistan and hurting the sentiments of ‘Sanatani’ people, even as she dismissed the attacks as baseless.
She was Assam Jatiya Parishad’s youngest candidate for the 2026 assembly polls, contesting the newly carved Guwahati Central seat against 70-year-old Gupta.
With no prior experience in party work, AJP approached her to represent the “younger voice” in the Congress-led six-party opposition alliance.
One of only 59 women among 722 candidates in Assam, Chowdhury framed the race as “continuity versus change”. PTI TR ACD
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