Assam sees saffron surge, Congress’ Tarun Gogoi to hang his boots 

#Guwahati : The BJP has won Assam convincingly, its first win ever in the state and also in the Northeast which has traditionally been a Congress bastion.

Sarbananda Sonowal, the chief ministerial candidate of the BJP-led alliance, is likely to take oath on May 25 in Khanapara.

Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development wand did wonders in the state, demographic composition and anti-incumbency were some of the other important factors which worked in favour of the party.

The saffron party’s triumph draws a parallel with the 1985 Assam Assembly polls, when the Asom Gana Parishad came to power for the first time immediately after the historic Assam Accord. Both polls have common grounds like Bangladeshi infiltration and development issues which formed the crux of the electoral duel. But despite being in power for two terms, the regional party AGP failed to improve the status of Assam, which then gave way to the Congress. However, after a prolonged period of dormancy, the regional party has finally revived its lost sheen as an ally of the BJP.