'Son of the soil' CM Sarbananda Sonowal has kept Assam steady amid NRC woes

If he had wanted to, Sonowal could have made great political capital out of the situation created by the NRC

The situation in Assam could have been worse -- a lot worse. Much of the credit for control of politics and repeated reassurance that no one will be a loser and everyone will win must go to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, after the National Register of Citizens (NRC) left out nearly 4 million names of people who consider themselves Assamese, including those whose families have been living in Assam for decades.    

It is no exaggeration to say that after 1946-47, the NRC has the potential to divide India, leaving a huge mass of people disenfranchised. It doesn't help