Who will be the next CM of Assam? By Deepak Parvatiyar http://www.elections.in/blog/who-will-be-the-next-cm-of-assam/ April 8, 2016 There is a saying – once bitten twice shy. For the BJP, it’s a case of twice bitten in successive state elections. The major blow was in Bihar where the party banked heavily on its mascot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Even the Delhi elections were no different where its CM face Kiran Bedi was a last-minute afterthought. Hence, understandably, the BJP now tries to insulate Modi in West Bengal, where even its most ardent supporters don’t give any chance of coming to power, and in Assam. The reversal in Bihar has considerably forced the BJP to change its poll strategy. Unlike Bihar, Modi is not the face of the party in Assam, where the party does stand a chance but faces a stiff challenge from three-time chief minister Tarun Gogoi of the Congress. In the north-eastern state, it’s Gogoi’s achievements as the CM that its rivals are keen to
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