Mr Sonowal last evening had met BJP president Amit Shah and discussed with him about the government formation too, sources said.
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The BJP won 60 seats on its own. It was learnt that the Sonowal ministry would have 10 members from the BJP and four each from the AGP and the BPF.
The AIADMK’s performance has also disproved several exit poll predictions which had tipped the DMK-Congress alliance to come to power.
Congress won just 22 of the state assembly’s 140 seats, with the coalition it led winning 47 altogether.
BJPs Kishore Nath defeated Independent candidate Misbahul Islam Laskar by the lowest margin of only 42 seats in Borkhola which was represented by controversial Congress MLA Rumi Nath in the outgoing assembly and she was relegated to the third position.
The Congress, which had last time got 42, improved a bit by securing three more seats this time.
The Sena said history is witness that one can not destroy the Congress even when it is down, citing the example of the four seat won by the Congress in the recent by-elections to Delhi’s municipal bodies. “Even in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the vote share of the BJP has increased”, the resolution said.
DMK, headed by 91-year-old M Karunanidhi, put up a strong fight and bagged 86 seats and was leading in 3 more till filing of this report.
“I salute all those who built the BJP in Kerala, brick by brick, decade after decade”.
The BJP was ultimately successful in breaking this record on Thursday, though only won one seat.
Kerala was a cause for solace for the Left Front, as they emerged victorious in the state, beating the UDF.
In the election, BJP and its alliance partners have won an absolute majority in Assam state assembly election.
Sonowal discussed various aspects of government formation in Assam, they said.
The BJP in its “Assam Vision Document 2016-2025” has promised to protect the identity of the Assamese.
Taking a dig at the Congress, Naidu said the opposition party was losing power in every state due to its wrong policies. “We will identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants as early possible”, he said. He said he was confident that this would create an environment where we can work together for regional growth in the northeast.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had managed to return to the state assembly for consecutive fourth term but 11 ministers of the state government had lost their constituencies.
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He said Congress needs to forge unity in its units and promote new leadership in states.
