India, May 4 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to return to power in Assam with an absolute majority as the counting for the assembly polls remains underway. In 2016 and 2021, the party had to rely on the support of regional allies to form the government.

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma remains a key figure in the upturn of fortunes for the BJP in the state. Sarma led the party from the front, touring the state extensively in the run-up to the polls.

Sarma was also a crucial factor in past elections where he ensured victory for the Congress till 2015. Sarma was a member of the Congress party for almost 15 years.

This was the first election in which Sarma was heading the government. The combination of his government's dev...