Legislative Party Leader of the BJP and NDA, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Sunday met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and formally staked claim to form the government following BJP-led NDA’s landslide victory in the recently held Assembly elections.
Sarma is set to take oath as Assam Chief Minister on May 12 for the second consecutive term in what would be the third successive NDA government in the state.
Union Minister JP Nadda, who is the BJP observer for the Assam, also accompanied Himanta to the Lok Bhavan.
“With the blessings and trust of the people of Assam, today I submitted the proposal for government formation to the Hon’ble Governor Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya at Raj Bhavan. To fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the general public and to make the journey towards development, good governance, and a prosperous Assam more dynamic, we are once again committed,” Sarma said on X.
The development comes shortly after Himanta Biswa Sarma was elected as the BJP and NDA Legislature Party Leader in Assam.
Himanta was unanimously elected the Legislative Party Leader during a meeting of newly elected NDA legislators in Guwahati.
Announcing Himanta’s name during the meeting, Nadda said that eight resolutions proposing Sarma’s name as leader were moved by senior party leaders, including Ranjeet Kumar Dass, Biswajit Daimary, Ajanta Neog, Rameswar Teli, Rajdeep Roy, Ashok Singhal, Pijush Hazarika and Chakradhar Gogoi.
Atul Bora of AGP and Rihan Daimary of BPF also supported the proposal.
The saffron party had won 82 seats, while its allies AGP and BOPF secured 10 seats each, in the Assam Assembly elections 2026.
The Opposition Congress was reduced to just 19 seats and Raijor Dal secured only 2 seats. The AJP could not open its account and the AIUDF managed to win just 2 seats.