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Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said that saving the people of the state from the pandemic was more important than thinking about who will be the next chief minister.
Sonowal made the comment in response to queries from journalists on formation of the next government and who will be the chief minister since there has been nothing official from the BJP leadership even though the Assembly election results were declared on Sunday, with the Opposition criticising the ruling BJP for the “glaring delay” during the pandemic.
“There will be a government. Definitely there will be a government before long but today it is our duty and responsibility to save the people of Assam from the virus. All should discharge their responsibility in this fight against the pandemic,” Sonowal said after inspecting a Covid-19 centre here.
It s going to be a week since Pinnarayi Vijayan created electoral history by retaining power and all eyes are now on the cabinet composition, however, it appears things are not exactly as smooth as expected. The reason being, the Left Democratic Front consists of 10 political parties and one Independent Kovoor Kunjumon, who has won his fifth straight election. However, up for grabs are a maximum of 21 cabinet positions, including the post of Chief Minister and three other posts, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chief Whip. At the polls, the CPI-M won 67, CPI-17, Kerala Congress (Mani) got 5, Janata Dal (S) and Nationalist Congress Party two each and LJD, INL, Cong (S) RSPL, KC (B) all of them one each and besides independent legislator Kunjumon.
Will Cabinet formation be a bother for Vijayan?
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Thiruvananathapuram, May 8 : It s going to be a week since Pinnarayi Vijayan created electoral history by retaining power and all eyes are now on the cabinet composition, however, it appears things are not exactly as smooth as expected.
The reason being, the Left Democratic Front consists of 10 political parties and one Independent Kovoor Kunjumon, who has won his fifth straight election. However, up for grabs are a maximum of 21 cabinet positions, including the post of Chief Minister and three other posts, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chief Whip.
BJPâs bid to outsmart MVA govt via âSeva hi sanghatanâ
From COVID care centres to O2 plants and food distribution, party engages its cadre in pandemic
While at the Centre itâs the BJP versus Congress-led Opposition, in Maharashtra itâs the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government versus BJP, over the way respective governments deal with the Coronavirus pandemic. In Maharashtra, the BJP is silently engaged in the game of political one-upmanship by launching the âseva hi sanghatanâ campaign to provide assistance to affected people and a vaccination programme.
The party has asked its district units to gear up the local units and put in maximum efforts to help patients and their families. They have been asked to send daily reports to the State BJP HQs in Mumbai. The party MPs and MLAs have been asked to coordinate with them.