Himanta Biswa Sarma To Take Oath As Assam Chief Minister Tomorrow
Former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal had proposed Sarma’s name for the top post at the BJP legislature party meeting, earlier today Surajit Sharma Dipankar Roy 2021-05-09T10:25:55+05:30 Himanta Biswa Sarma To Take Oath As Assam Chief Minister Tomorrow outlookindia.com 2021-05-09T14:42:34+05:30
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BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma will be sworn in as the chief minister of Assam on Monday. He was unanimously elected as the saffron camp’s Assam legislature party (AGP) leader, earlier today.
During the BJP legislature party meet, which lasted about 15 minutes, former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal proposed Sarma’s name for the top post. He was seconded by state party president Ranjit Dass and Nandita Garlosa.
The BJP has decided to dissolve the Assam unit of its minority cell after no Muslim candidate of its alliance managed to win a seat in the state. The alliance had a comfortable victory winning 75 of the state's 126 seats of which the BJP won 60 se
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New Delhi: In the 2016 assembly elections, the BJP was in a pre-poll alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodo Peopleâs Front (BPF). Together, the three parties won 86 of the 126 assembly seats of the state. While the AGP contested 24 seats and won 14, the BPF contested 16 seats and won 12 of them.
The Congress which had ruled the state for three consecutive terms under the chief ministership of Tarun Gogoi, contested 122 seats in the 2016 assembly polls but could win only 26 of them. It lost 53 seats in that election and was forced to form the opposition. In May 2016, a BJP-led government was formed with Sarbananda Sonowal as its chief minister.
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