After 15 years of Congress rule, Assam gets its first BJP government headed by Sarbananda Sonowal. The BJP coalition won a comfortable 86 seats in the 126-member Assembly.
The BJP had alliances with smaller parties and ethnic groups like the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), the Bodo People's Front (BPF) and the Rabhas and the Tiwa community, which also paved the way for its stronghold in the state.
Born: October 31, 1962
Education: LL.B., B.C.J. from Dibrugarh University and Gauhati University
Political career:
1992-1999: AASU president
2001: Joins AGP
2001: MLA from Moran
2004: MP from Dibrugarh
2011: Joins BJP
2012-2014: Appointed BJP Assam unit chief
2014: MP from Lakhimpur, Union Minister in Narendra Modi government
2016: BJP Chief Ministerial candidate
Sarbananda Sonowal began his political career in the All Assam Students Union, and was its president between 1992 and 1999
Sarbananda Sonowal joined the Asom Gana Parishad, the political avatar of the AASU, in 2001 and was elected MLA in the same year.
Sarbananda Sonowal entered the Lok Sabha for the first time in 2004 after defeating former Union Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar in Dibrugarh
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