Sarbananda Sonowal is BJP’s CM candidate for Assam Assembly elections 2016, BJP Candidate Assam polls 2016, Assam , BJP,Congress ,Assembly polls
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Sarbananda Sonowal is BJP’s CM candidate for Assam Assembly elections 2016, BJP Candidate Assam polls 2016, Assam , BJP,Congress ,Assembly polls 2016,Assam polls, Assam BJP CM candidate,Assam CM Congress Candidate, Sarbananda Sonowal , Lakhimpur constituency
The BJP on Thursday announced the name of Union Minister for Minister of State (independent charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections in April and May.
Reacting to the announcement, Sonowal told "Happy that party has given me this responsibility. We will win the Assam Assembly Elections with majority."
Few hours after his nomination, the Union minister also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah through his Facebook page. "My sincere thanks to Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, Shri Amit Shah Ji and the Parliamentary Board for their faith and confidence in me. I am counting on the help and support of all our Honourable MPs, MLAs, Office Bearers, District Committees, Mandal Committees, Booth Committees, and all party workers.
Above all, I will need the blessings of our people to bring the change. The change which will transform Assam and all sections of its society. Elders, friends and the youth of Assam, let's come together and take our state forward," Sonowal said.
At present, Sonowal represents Assam's Lakhimpur constituency in the Lok Sabha.
With 14 seats in the Lok Sabha, Assam, which votes for its 126-member assembly in March/April this year, may not be critical to political parties from a larger perspective. But this time, something much more than numbers is involved in the elections: the polls are a matter of prestige. The incumbent Congress and challenger BJP look set for a battle of prestige in the state. And after consecutive losses in Delhi and Bihar, the BJP in particular is taking no chances.
On 21 November last year, the BJP had appointed the Union minister as the state president while accommodating the then incumbent Siddharth Bhattacharya as the national spokesperson on issues pertaining to the north-east.