was immediately appointed a member of the BJP National Executive and then later on State Spokesperson of the state BJP unit, prior to his current assignment to head the state as the new president. Again on 3 July 2013, senior party leader Atul Bora once again left the party and joined BJP. 2016-present In May 2016, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance which included parties like Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland People's Front formed its first government in Assam, and formed a new alliance called the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) with Himanta Biswa Sarma as its convener. The Chief Ministers of the north eastern states of Sikkim and Nagaland also belong to this alliance. Thus, the Asom Gana Parishad joined the BJP led NEDA. In November 2016, Atul Bora was elected for President of Asom Gana Parishad second time amending party's constitution ‘one man one post’ as he is also minister of Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary in Sarbananda Sonowal Ministry. In January 2019, they broke an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party on the issue of Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 but in March 2019 the party returned to North-East Democratic Alliance for the Lok Sabha election. As per the agreement, AGP contested on 3 seats, Bodoland People's Front at one and Bharatiya Janata Party on ten seats. List of Chief Ministers Members in Rajya Sabha Birendra Prasad Baishya Bhadreswar Buragohain Bijoya Chakravarty Parag Chaliha Kumar Deepak Das David Ledger Dr. Jayashree Goswami Mahanta Dr. Nagen Saikia Dr. Arun Kumar Sarmah Members in Lok Sabha Parag Chaliha Dinesh Goswami Gakul Saikia Muhi Ram Saikia Bhadreswar Tanti Prabin Chandra Sarmah Keshab Mahanta Dr. Arun Kumar Sarmah Birendra Prasad Baishya Sarbananda Sonowal Joseph Toppo See also Golaghat Convention Natun Asom Gana Parishad Assamese Language Movement Nellie Massacre National Register of Citizens for Assam. Notes References Political parties established in 1985 1985 establishments in Assam Political parties in Assam State political parties in Assam Regionalist parties in India