NDA leaders meet Assam Guv at Lok Bhavan, stake claim to form Himanta Biswa Sarma’s govt
This will be the third consecutive NDA government in Assam, with the saffron party-led administration coming to power for the first time in 2016, headed by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
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Sarma, who becomes the chief minister in 2021, is all set to make history by becoming the only non-Congress CM to serve two consecutive terms.
Union Minister JP Nadda and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who have been appointed central observer and joint observer of the BJP respectively, also went to Lok Bhavan along with Sarma and other NDA leaders, an official said.
“NDA leaders submitted their demand to form the government. The governor received the application signed by the three constituent parties,” he said.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) also includes the Assam Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) in Assam. “I have been elected as the BJP legislative party leader. The NDA parties – BPF and AGP – have also elected me as their leader,” Sarma said while reading the letter submitted to the governor.
“I have the support of 102 MLAs of the NDA. I have the signatures of all of them,” he added.
AGP president Atul Bora and BPF leader Rihon Daimari submitted their respective parties’ letters of support to the Governor.
Earlier in the day, Sarma was elected leader of the BJP-led NDA in the Assam assembly.
The NDA won a two-thirds majority in the assembly polls, securing a highest-ever 102 seats; In the 126-member Assembly, the BJP won 82 seats, while its allies AGP and BPF won 10 seats each.
