NDA leaders meet Assam Governor at Lok Bhavan, stake claim to form government

Leaders of the NDA connected Sunday (May 10, 2026) met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and staked a assertion to signifier the authorities successful the authorities led by Chief Minister-elect Himanta Biswa Sarma.

It volition beryllium the 3rd successive NDA Government successful Assam, with the saffron party-led medication archetypal assuming powerfulness successful 2016, which was headed by Union curate Sarbananda Sonowal.

Mr. Sarma, who became Chief Minister successful 2021, is besides acceptable to marque past by becoming the lone non-Congress CM to presume bureau for 2 successive terms.

Union Minister J.P. Nadda and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, appointed arsenic the BJP’s cardinal perceiver and co-observer respectively, besides went to Lok Bhavan on with Mr. Sarma and different NDA leaders, an authoritative said.

“The NDA leaders submitted their assertion to signifier the government. The Governor has received their application, signed by each the 3 constituent parties,” helium said.

The NDA besides comprises the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) successful Assam. Earlier successful the day, Mr. Sarma was elected arsenic the person of the BJP-led NDA successful the Assam assembly.

The NDA had secured a two-thirds bulk successful the assembly polls. The BJP bagged 82 seats, portion its allies AGP and BPF won 10 each, successful the 126-member House.