As Assam Polls result awaited many politicians takes spiritual turn,Assam Assembly election result 2016,Assam polls,Sarbananda Sonowal , Salasar , Prafulla Kumar Mahanta , Guwahati , Badruddin Ajmal , Assembly elections , Assam
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As Assam Polls result awaited many politicians takes spiritual turn,Assam Assembly election result 2016,Assam polls,Sarbananda Sonowal , Salasar , Prafulla Kumar Mahanta , Guwahati , Badruddin Ajmal , Assembly elections , Assam
GUWAHATI: The battle was fiercely fought. For the outcome, though, the state waits with bated breath through a long pause, an unusually long one.
Assembly elections ended here on April 11. Counting of votes is on May 19, more than a month later. For many of the big players, this unduly long wait has been time to seek spiritual sanctuary .
The AIUDF chief, billionaire Badruddin Ajmal is a devout Muslim. He went on Haj before returning to the action of the ongoing LS session.
Former CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has been soaking in the Bihu fervour and listening to recitals of the Bhagavad Gita in his constituency , Barhampur. "I used the time to catch up with my social obligations. I have kept away from politics," he said.
BJP's CM face and Union minister of state for sports and youth welfare Sarbananda Sonowal too went the religious way . On April 28, he visited Ujjain and took a holy dip in the river Shipra, followed by a `rudrabhishek', pleasing Rudra, the destroyer form of Lord Shiva. "He visited his constituency and then got back to his ministry in New Delhi," a party colleague said.
The highest score in postpoll temple runs goes to BJP's election management com mittee convener Himanta Biswa Sarma. A week after the last phase of elections, he headed off on a three-day trip to Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.On April 22, he visited the Bhimasankar Temple near Pune. From April 28, Sarma was in Rajasthan with his family , visiting the Khatu Shyam and SalasarBSE 4.99 % temples and seeking blessings at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah.
A close ac quaintance of his said Gogoi was preparing for his fourth innings as CM. Gogoi had planned to travel to the US to visit his daughter but it fell through after the external affairs ministry did not approve his travel. The last four days have not been very encouraging for Gogoi as he was admitted to hospital for bladder and bowel dysfunction.