Days after quitting IAS, Debasish Sharma gets BJP ticket for Assam LS bypoll

BJP on Friday named former IAS officer Debasish Sharma as its candidate for the upcoming bypoll to the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat in Assam. Sharma took voluntary retirement from service on September 3 while serving as District Commissioner (DC) of Nagaon. He joined the BJP on September 8, alongside journalists Lenin Sourav Borah and Gunjan Kalita.