Sarbananda Sonowal is the BJP’s CM-candidate for Assam Polls

After maintaining the suspense in Bihar, the BJP has announced its CM candidate in Assam.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets party leader Sarbananda Sonowal after he was named as BJPs Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assam polls. (Photo: PTI) 

The BJP on Thursday named union minister Sarbananda Sonowal as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly elections in Assam.

<p>The (BJP) parliamentary board has decided that the Assam assembly elections will be contested under the leadership of Sarbananda Sonowal. </p>

<b>JP Nadda, Union Health Minister</b>

The decision was taken in New Delhi at the party’s parliamentary board meeting, attended, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah and Sonowal himself.

Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in April-May.

“In the parliamentary board meeting, upcoming elections of five states were discussed but the decision was taken only for Assam,” Nadda said after the meeting.

After the announcement, Modi, Shah and other parliamentary board members congratulated Sonowal on being named as the chief ministerial candidate.

<p>I want to thank Modi ji and Amit Shah ji. I am grateful to them. I believe people of Assam will elect us to power in upcoming assembly elections</p>

<b>Sarbananada Sonowal, Assam CM candidate</b>