#Guwahati : In a major development, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday declared Union Minister Mr Sarbananda Sonowal as its chief minister candidate for upcoming Assam Assembly elections.
The decision was taken by Parliamentary Board of the party in a meetin held at New Delhi.
Happy over the party’s decision, Sarbananda Sonowal said, “I want to thank PM Narendra Modi and Party’s President Mr Amit Shah ji, I am grateful to them ”
In the meeting of BJP’s Parliamentary Board, discussion was held on five states, but decision was taken for Assam,
Among the five states going to polls in a few months, Assam offers the best hope to the saffron outfit after it emerged as the single largest party there during the Lok Sabha elections in 2014.
“We will form government in Assam,” Senior BJP leader and Union Health Minister Mr JP Nadda said.
All the board’s members, including union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ananth Kumar besides PM Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and JP Nadda among others attended the meeting.
Bureau Report
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