Overview
- Assam BJP said Thursday the oath-taking will be at 11 a.m. on May 12 at Khanapara in Guwahati, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected, following the NDA’s win of 102 of 126 seats.
- AGP legislators formally proposed Himanta Biswa Sarma to continue as chief minister and elected Atul Bora as their leader with Keshab Mahanta as deputy leader.
- BJP and NDA legislature party meetings on May 10, to be overseen by J. P. Nadda and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, will elect the legislature leader and clear cabinet choices.
- Despite an outright BJP majority, party leaders signal the coalition will continue, with AGP and BPF likely to get two cabinet berths each under the 19-member cap on Assam’s ministry.
- State officials led by Chief Secretary Ravi Kota and DGP Harmeet Singh are coordinating security, traffic and venue plans for the ceremony, while Sarma serves as caretaker after submitting his resignation to the Governor.