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GUWAHATI: BJP, which has announced the names of eight candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, has dropped three sitting MPs from its list. Candidates have been chosen based on their chances of emerging victorious," Saikia said.Two sitting MPs - Rameswar Teli from Dibrugarh and Pradan Baruah from Lakhimpur - made it to the list of eight candidates declared by the BJP's central election committee on Thursday. The three sitting MPs who could not make it to the list are Ramen Deka from Mangaldoi, Kamakhya Prasad Tasa from Jorhat and Bijoya Chakraborty from Guwahati.BJP sources said that the party's central election committee decided to drop the sitting MPs after taking into account the anti-incumbency factor against them. The saffron party has left four seats for its allies - Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People's Front (BPF). AGP will contest in Dhubri, Barpeta and Kaliabor while BPF will contest from the Kokrajhar (ST) seat..