Amid hypothesis over the following chief minister of Assam, senior BJP leader from the state Himanta Biswa Sarma met party president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah right here on Saturday.
Both Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Sarma had been on Friday known as to New Delhi by the BJP central management, apparently to debate the management concern of the following authorities.
Though each leaders from Assam reached Delhi on Saturday morning it was Sarma who reached Nadda’s residence to fulfill him and BJP common secretary (Organisation) B L Santhosh, sources mentioned.
They had been later joined by Amit Shah. It is anticipated that Sonawal would additionally attain Nadda’s residence to fulfill the BJP’s high brass, the place a choice on the following chief minister of Assam might be taken.
It is instantly not recognized whether or not Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall be current in the assembly, they added.
Sonowal, who belongs to Assam’s indigenous Sonowal-Kachari tribals, and Sarma, the convenor of the North East Democratic Alliance, each are contenders for the highest submit of the Assam authorities.
The BJP had not introduced a chief ministerial candidate earlier than the Assembly polls in Assam.
In the 2016 Assembly polls, the BJP had projected Sonowal as its chief ministerial candidate and gained, forming the primary saffron party authorities in the northeast.
This time, the party has been sustaining that it will resolve who could be the following chief minister of Assam after the elections.
In the outcomes introduced for the 126-member Assam meeting final Sunday, the BJP gained 60 seats whereas its alliance companions AGP acquired 9 seats and UPPL six.