BJP will form the government and the Chief Minister will also be from BJP, to continue development in the State, said Assam Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was cruising ahead with almost 14,000 votes, has won the Jalukbari constituency and retained his seat defeating his INC counterpart Romen Chandra Borthakur.
Sonowal is leading with a margin of almost 8,000 votes over his INC counterpart Rajib Lochan Pegu, as the saffron party looks to secure its electoral victory for a second term.
For the BJP, the state is important not just for the party organisation but also for party ideology – the National Register of Citizens or NRC is its flagship ideological programme.
BJP will form the government and the Chief Minister will also be from BJP, to continue development in the State, said Assam Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma.