New Assam CM expected to take office on Friday

The BJP central leadership has been maintaining that the party's parliamentary board will take a decision on the chief ministerial candidate shortly. However, the parliamentary board is yet to hold its meeting.

Guwahati: Amid the uncertainty about who will be the Chief Minister of Assam, the government chief secretary has sent a letter to Raj Bhavan, confirming the oath-taking ceremony on Friday.

Sources in Dispur on Thursday said that State Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah sent a letter to the Raj Bhavan, confirming the state is preparing to hold the oath-taking ceremony on Friday.

Although four days have passed since the declaration of results of the assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is yet to announce the name of the next chief minister of the state.

After the BJP led alliance came to power in Assam on May 2, there are speculations that there will be a change of guard this time in the state.

Some legislators among the alliance partners are saying that previous chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal should be retained while some others have rallied behind the previous state health and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for the top seat.

The BJP central leadership had been maintaining that the party's parliamentary board will take a decision on the chief ministerial candidate shortly. However, the parliamentary board is yet to hold its meeting.