• Assam's BJP president Sarbananda Sonowal has been named as chief ministerial candidate for the assembly polls. • This decision was announcedn by BJP’s parliamentary committee. • The announcement is going to further boost the morale of the party workers in the state, said a BJP leader.

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GUWAHATI: BJP’s parliamentary committee has announced its Assam president Sarbananda Sonowal as chief ministerial candidate for the assembly polls on April.The announcement was made at the committee’s meeting in New Delhi on Thursday where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah were present.A senior BJP leader, who also attended the meeting, said that the announcement of the chief ministerial candidate is significant as it is going to further boost the morale of the party workers in the state. The leader also added that the announcement of CM candidate also indicated a significant shift from BJP's election policy in Bihar, where the saffron party suffered a debacle.“We will work with a spirit of camaraderie by taking everyone in the party into confidence so that we can form a strong and transparent government,” Sonowal said in New Delhi.