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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicSarbananda Sonowal

Topic: Sarbananda Sonowal

Himanta Biswa Sarma meets JP Nadda & Amit Shah amid speculation over next Assam CM

Both Sarbananda Sonowal and Himanta Sarma were on Friday called to New Delhi by the BJP central leadership, apparently to discuss the leadership issue of the next government.

Sarbananda Sonowal & Himanta Biswa Sarma summoned to Delhi to discuss CM issue

In the results announced for the 126-member Assam assembly last Sunday, the BJP won 60 seats and its alliance partners AGP 9 and UPPL six seats.

BJP to retain power in Assam, says CM Sonowal as trends show NDA ahead in 77 seats

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal said BJP is coming back to power with its partners AGP and UPPL and exuded confidence of the coalition bagging 100 out of 119 seats.

Early trends show ruling BJP-led NDA leading in 22 seats in Assam

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and AGP chief and minister Atul Bora are leading from Majuli, Jalukbari and Bokakhat.

BJP-led alliance will return to power with more seats in Assam, says Sarbananda Sonowal

The CM also said the 3-phase polling was peaceful and it reflected that his government was successful in restoring peace in Assam after decades of insurgency and violence.

Modi-Shah’s chemistry-vs-arithmetic theory is in for a tough test in Assam polls

When it comes to allies, the BJP’s use-and-throw approach has strengthened the opposition’s arithmetic in Assam.

Rivals BJP and Congress share the same dilemma in Assam — the missing CM face

For both the Congress and BJP, the misery is unlikely to end soon. The issue will become even more difficult to handle once polls have been won.

How BJP has reduced AGP, leading party of Assamese aspiration, into a crumbling hanger-on

As part of the seat-sharing deal with the BJP, the AGP has given away Mahanta’s Barhampur constituency. He is now reviving his old outfit, AGP (Progressive).

Himanta Biswa Sarma likely to contest Assam polls, adds twist to BJP’s CM candidate debate

Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass says Himanta Biswa Sarma's name has been included in a list of potential candidates that was sent to the national leadership.

Only BJP has a plan for Assam’s tea workers. But 5 yrs showed Sonowal didn’t have the will

There are 30-lakh tea garden workers in Assam, but they continue to be on the margins even though Assam’s Republic Day tableau called them the state’s ‘backbone’.

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