NEDA convenor and BJP strongman in Northeast Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is going to be the next chief minister of Assam.
The decision was taken at BJP legislature party meeting at Assam assembly campus on Sunday. Outgoing CM Sarbananda Sonowal proposed Dr Sarma’s name as next chief minister of the state.
Earlier in the morning, Sarbananda Sonowal tendered his resignation as 14th chief minister of the state to Assam governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi at Raj Bhavan.