India, May 6 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday submitted his resignation to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya paving the way for the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party's government in the state.

He was accompanied by the education minister in the present government, Ranoj Pegu, who won from Dhemaji and Lakhimpur MLA, Manab Deka.

"I submitted my resignation to the Governor and requested for the dissolution of the present assembly. He accepted my requests and asked me to continue as head of the caretaker government till swearing in of the new government takes place," he told journalists.

"The newly elected MLAs of BJP will soon meet to select a leader of the legislature party. Once that is done, the BJP and our...