Amid Speculation on Who's the Next CM of Assam, Newly-Elected MLAs Rush to Meet Sonowal, Himanta Biswa

GUWAHATI: With the saffron party coming back to power, now the question arises among many- who will be the next chief minister of Assam?

If reports are believed to be true, newly-elected MLAs are rushing in to meet Sarbananda Sonowal and Himanta Biswa Sarma while the BJP central committee leaders are yet to reach out to the state BJP wing to discuss the government formation in Assam.

On the other hand, Assam Congress has kept its doors open for anyone who would join them so that they can form a Congress-led government in the state.

It is to be mentioned here that the Assam Congress meet the Chief Secretary Assam today and submitted a memorandum suggesting some immediate measures to combat the serious situation of Covid so that the lives of the people of Assam are saved from the 2nd wave of COVID-19.

In the 126-member Assembly, the BJP-led NDA won 75 seats and the Congress-led alliance won 50. Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi won the remaining seat.

On Tuesday morning, Sarma told the press in Guwahati, "BJP president JP Nadda is currently in Kolkata. So, I don't think there will be any meeting [regarding this] today. I think the meeting will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) or the day after (Thursday)… Since everything will be decided from Delhi, therefore, we have to wait."

"Parliamentary board of the party will meet in Delhi. Here, someone might come to take the opinion of a few people," he added.

"We will maintain our internal democracy — the opinion of MPs and MLAs will be taken in this regard. We will follow whatever the party decides," Dass said, adding that only the party's high command will decide who will be the chief minister.

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