In 2016, the combined backing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ram Madhav and the Modi-Shah leadership at the Centre propelled Sarbananda Sonowal to become chief minister of Assam.
This time, there is no such announcement. Ram Madhav is out of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and back in the RSS. Neither Narendra Modi nor Amit Shah is saying anything about the chief ministership. So what is to become of Mr Sonowal?
As a young man, Sarbananda Sonowal embraced identity politics and became president of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) in 1992, a post he held till
This time, there is no such announcement. Ram Madhav is out of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and back in the RSS. Neither Narendra Modi nor Amit Shah is saying anything about the chief ministership. So what is to become of Mr Sonowal?
As a young man, Sarbananda Sonowal embraced identity politics and became president of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) in 1992, a post he held till
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