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"Free Electricity, Jobs For All If AAP Wins Assam": Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised free electricity and jobs for all youths in Assam if his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power in the Northeastern state.

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Assam Assembly Session: Phani Bhushan Choudhury to be pro-tem Speaker


Assam Assembly Session from May 21
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GUWAHATI: A three-day Assam Assembly session has been summoned by Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi. This would be the first sitting of the 15th Assam Legislative Assembly. The session would start on May 21.
According to sources, on day one, May 21, all the newly elected 125 MLAs (barring the pro-tem Speaker) will be administered the oath of secrecy. The pro-tem Speaker will have to take oath before the Assembly Session.
On May 22, the Governor would address the Assembly and on May 24, the concluding day of the three-day Assembly session, the motion of thanks for Governor's speech has been scheduled. May 23 is Sunday therefore there will be no sitting of the Assembly.

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Himanta Biswa Sarma Likely To Be New Assam Chief Minister


Himanta Biswa Sarma Likely To Be New Assam Chief Minister
May 09, 2021, 10:14 IST
In the recently concluded Assam Assembly Polls, BJP led alliance won 75 out of 126 seats. The saffron party alone bagged 60 seats while Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) won 9 seats. The United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) won six seats.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party President JP Nadda conducted crucial meetings with Sarbananda Sonowal and Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday. 
In the first two rounds of meetings, BJP leaders met Sonowal and Sarma separately whereas in the third round of meeting, they met both the leaders together.  
Ranjeet Kumar Dass said, "The chief minister's name will be announced in the meeting. Four senior leaders of the party - BL Santosh, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh, party's state in-charge Baijayant Jay Panda - will attend the meeting. We have a single agenda to select the leader of the BJP legislature party."

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Himanta Biswa Sarma to be sworn in as Assam's 15th CM


Himanta Biswa Sarma to be sworn in as Assam’s 15th CM
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Outgoing CM Sarbananda Sonowal proposed his name after tendering resignation to Governor Jagdish Mukhi
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Outgoing CM Sarbananda Sonowal proposed his name after tendering resignation to Governor Jagdish Mukhi
Himanta Biswa Sarma will be the 15th Chief Minister of Assam.
Outgoing Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal proposed his name as the BJP Legislature Party leader soon after tendering his resignation to Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Sunday.
State BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass and the newly-elected Nandita Garlosa seconded Mr. Sonowal.
Mr. Sarma, who became the BJP’s chief poll strategist after switching over from the Congress in 2015, was later named as Mr. Sonowal’s successor.

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Assam Assembly results: CM Sonowal leading in Majuli constituency

Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], May 2 (ANI): Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonwaol is leading from Assam's Majuli constituency, as per the latest trend. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 56 seats while Congress is leading in 28 seats.

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Orders on victory processions being flouted, restrain your workers: EC tells political parties

It pointed out that the Commission has already directed chief secretaries and state police chiefs to take penal action, including lodging of an FIR, against violators in all such cases under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and other relevant laws.

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BJP-led alliance will form govt in Assam again: Sonowal


Assam EVM row: Presiding officer suspended; re-poll ordered by EC
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said that he is confident of Bharatiya Janata Party-led government retaining the power in the state for the second consecutive term.
While talking to the media, Sonowal, who is seeking re-election from the world's largest river island Majuli in eastern Assam, said that the trends of the counting of votes across the state clearly suggested that the BJP is coming back to power for the second term.
The 59-years-old saffron party leader said that the BJP in alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) would form the government.

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Assam polls: Can Congress stop BJP juggernaut?


Assam polls: Can Congress stop BJP juggernaut?
The exit polls have given an edge to the BJP-led ruling coalition which has the regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) as components.
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File photo of BJP supporters holding party flags during an election rally in Assam's Tinsukia. (File Photo| ANI)
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GUWAHATI: The results of the Assam elections on Sunday will decide if the BJP retains power or a nationally-weakened Congress stages a comeback.
Assam, in one way, is a vital state for both parties. For the BJP, the state is important not just for the party organisation but also for party ideology – the National Register of Citizens or NRC is its flagship ideological programme.

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