Leaders of the NDA on Sunday (May 10, 2026) met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and staked a claim to form the government in the state led by Chief Minister-elect Himanta Biswa Sarma.
It will be the third successive NDA Government in Assam, with the saffron party-led administration first assuming power in 2016, which was headed by Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
Swearing-in ceremony of new Assam government to be held on May 12
Mr. Sarma, who became Chief Minister in 2021, is also set to make history by becoming the only non-Congress CM to assume office for two successive terms.
Union Minister J.P. Nadda and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, appointed as the BJP’s central observer and co-observer respectively, also went to Lok Bhavan along with Mr. Sarma and other NDA leaders, an official said.
