Sonowal Or Himanta: Assam’s Wait For Its Next CM To End Soon

The BJP unit of Assam is scheduled to meet on Sunday noon to finalise the new chief minister of the state – either incumbent Sarbananda Sonowal or senior cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar along with two central observers, party general secretary Arun Singh, National Organizing Secretary B L Santosh and vice president Baijyant Jay Panda will be present along with the newly elected BJP MLAs of the state.

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As per several media outlets, there are speculations that Sarma will be favored for the 15^th chief minister of the state while Sonowal will be brought to the Centre.

In fact according to a Pratidin Time report, "If the BJP grapevines are to be believed the dice is in favour of Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma to be the next Chief Minister, after a daylong drama at New Delhi…If all goes well, the oath-taking will be held on Monday, full 8 days after the results were declared."

The decision will be announced shortly on Sunday afternoon.