With this Congress has lost the chance of forming the government in the state despite emerging as the single largest party with 21 seats. BJP secured 2 seats while NPP gained 19 seats. UDP managed to get 6 seats.
Himanta Biswa Sarma said,"1 MLA out of every 2 MLAs of all the parties will form part of the govt. So 1 MLA, out of the 2, of BJP will be a part of it too.There will be no Deputy CM
Earlier United Democratic Party (UDP) had announced its support to the National People's Party (NPP) ally of the BJP at the Centre.
Well, Congress also tried hard to form an alliance. Party had sent senior leaders Ahmed Patel and Kamalnath from Delhi to Shillong to work for the alliance but they both failed.