Guwahati, May 10 -- BJP Legislature Party leader and NDA Legislature Party in Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Sunday, called on Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and formally staked a claim to form the government in the State.

The meeting comes after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) got a landslide victory in the Assam polls with the State set to have its third successive NDA government.

Earlier today, Sarma was elected as the leader of the BJP Legislature Party and the NDA Legislature Party in Assam ahead of the formation of the new state government.

The announcement was made by Union Minister JP Nadda after a meeting of newly elected NDA legislators in Guwahati.

Addressing the meeting, Nadda said eight resolutions ...