Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 25 (HBTV): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday paid a courtesy visit to Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya at Raj Bhavan in Guwahati. The two leaders discussed various development issues and the ongoing welfare schemes being implemented by the state government for the benefit of all sections of the population.

The Chief Minister also briefed the Governor on the progress of development projects being undertaken across the state.

Earlier, on Sunday, Sarma felicitated the three newly elected BJP MLAs from the recently concluded assembly by-polls in Guwahati. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the BJP, secured victory in all five assembly seats contested during the by-elections in Assam. BJP's Ghatowal won the Behali Assembly seat, while the United People's Party Liberal's (UPPL) Nirmal Kumar Brahma claimed Sidli. Asom Gana Parishad's Diptimayee Choudhury secured the Bongaigaon Assembly seat for the NDA. Similarly, BJP's Diplu Ranjan Sarmah and Nihar Ranjan Das emerged victorious in Samaguri and Dholai, respectively.

The by-elections were held for 48 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies across 15 states, with significant contests taking place in Uttar Pradesh and Wayanad, Kerala, where Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made her electoral debut.

(ANI)