Meet Himanta Biswa Sarma, man behind the saffron wave in Northeast
The 48-year-old managed to break the entire top leadership of the Trinamool Congress and the Congress to bring them into the BJP fold as well as build an Assam-style alliance with IPFT
Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam’s minister of health, education and finance and the in charge of BJP in Tripura , is believed to be the man behind the BJP's win in the Northeast Assembly Elections 2018. Counting in three Northeastern states — Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya — took place on the weekend.
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The 48-year-old managed to wean away the entire top leadership of the Trinamool Congress and the Congress and bring them into the BJP fold as well as build an Assam-style alliance with IPFT (Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura). With this alliance, the vote in the hills polarised in favour of the BJP. Sarma is widely credited for the party's victory in Assam and Manipur elections. (Image Courtesy: Facebook)
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Sarma, who joined the All Assam Students Union (AASU) in Class 6, became the face of the party for the entire Northeast and the convener of the North East Democratic Alliance, the BJP-led alliance of non-Congress parties of the Northeast even before he joined BJP in August 2015 after quitting Congress. (Image Courtesy: Facebook)
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Biswa had joined Congress in 1993 and since 1996 he had been contesting elections from the Jalukbari constituency, where his victory margin increased with every election, reflecting his growing popularity. (Image Courtesy: Facebook)
