Assam govt formation: BJP holds meetings with Sarbananda Sonowal, Himanta Biswa Sarma in Delhi
The BJP may have won the Assam Assembly polls, but it remains unclear as to who exactly will assume the mantle of Chief Minister. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma remain the top contenders. However, nearly a week after the BJP-led alliance won the people s mandate, nobody is quite sure who will assume the post.
On Saturday, the two leaders made their separate way to Delhi, having been called for a meeting with top BJP leaders. Visuals shared by news agency ANI show them emerging from the airport and convening with other party leaders.
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Tea estate in Assam shut after 133 people test COVID-19 positive, declared containment zone
Top officials including the Medical Inspector of Plantations and officials from the health department have been sent to take stock of the situation. (Image Source: IANS/Representative photo)
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Updated: May 7, 2021, 12:02 PM IST
Over 200 tea estate workers and staff members from at least two different tea gardens in upper Assam s Dibrugarh district have been found to be COVID-19 positive in the past three days, forcing the district administration to declare it a containment zone.
The Zaloni tea estate in Assam s Dibrugarh district has been shut down after 133 people tested positive for the virus. The tea estate has been declared a containment zone, Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha said. He also added that the patients are asymptomatic at present.
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They are expected to meet BJP chief JP Nadda on Saturday morning
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Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal with Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sharma during at Sualkuchi in Kamrup in Assam recently.
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They are expected to meet BJP chief JP Nadda on Saturday morning
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were on Friday, May 7, 2021 ,called to New Delhi by the BJP central leadership, apparently to discuss about the leadership issue of the next government, five days after the saffron party-led alliance emerged victorious in the assembly elections, sources said.
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Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were called to New Delhi by the BJP central leadership, apparently to discuss about the leadership issue of the next government.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were on Friday called to New Delhi by the BJP central leadership, apparently to discuss about the leadership issue of the next government, five days after the saffron party-led alliance emerged victorious in the assembly elections, sources said.
Sonowal, who belongs to Assam s indigenous Sonowal-Kachari tribals, and Sarma, the convenor of the North East Democratic Alliance, are expected to have a meeting with BJP president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP general BL Santhosh and others on Saturday, they said.