NDA leaders meet Assam Governor, stake claim to form govt

Leaders of the NDA on Sunday met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and staked a claim to form the government in the state led by Chief Minister-elect Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarma, who became Chief Minister in 2021, is also set to make history by becoming the only non-Congress CM to assume office for two successive terms. “The NDA leaders submitted their claim to form the government. The Governor has received their application, signed by all the three constituent parties,” an official said.Union Minister J.P. Nadda and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, appointed as the BJP’s central observer and co-observer respectively, also went to Lok Bhavan along with  Sarma and other NDA leaders, he said.

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Earlier, Himanta Biswa Sarma was elected as the leader of the BJP-led NDA in the Assam assembly on Sunday, paving the way for him to become the chief minister for the second consecutive term in the state, Union minister J P Nadda said. Eight BJP legislators proposed the name of Sarma as its legislature party leader, Nadda said. The Assam BJP’s legislature party met in Guwahati in the morning to elect its leader, who will also head the new government in the northeastern state.