Guwahati, May 6: Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president Atul Bora was on Wednesday unanimously elected as its legislature party leader by the newly elected MLAs.
The elected legislators also proposed the name of Himanta Biswa Sarma of the BJP to lead the new government.
In the 2026 assembly elections, the ruling BJP won 82 of the 126 seats, and its allies Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) and the AGP pocketed 10 seats each.
The first meeting of the AGP legislature party was held here earlier in the day.
“Participants of the meeting expressed gratitude to people of the state for their overwhelming support to the AGP and its allies. Tributes were also paid to the martyrs of the Assam Agitation,” Bora said.
The AGP was formed in the aftermath of the six-year-long Assam Agitation against illegal foreigners.
Bora said the legislature party unanimously elected him as its leader, and working president Keshab Mahanta as deputy leader in the assembly.
Bora and Mahanta retained their Bokakhat and Kaliabor seats, respectively, in the elections. They were also cabinet ministers in the two previous NDA governments.
The party president said Dimoria MLA Tapan Das has been chosen as the legislature party’s secretary and Bajali legislator Dharmeswar Roy as the chief whip.
Both Das and Roy are first-time legislators.
“Keeping in mind the tremendous developmental work done by Himanta Biswa Sarma as the chief minister in the last government, our legislature party unanimously proposed his name to lead the new government,” Bora said.
“The MLAs also pledged to work for the development of their respective constituencies as well as the state and its indigenous people,” he added.
Elections to the 126-member assembly were held in a single phase on April 9, and counting of votes took place on May 4. (PTI)
