The Bharatiya Janata Party’s emphatic return to power in Assam marks more than a regional electoral triumph. With Himanta Biswa Sarma sworn in for a second consecutive term after the NDA’s sweeping victory of 102 seats in the 126-member Assembly, the BJP has entrenched itself as the dominant political force across India’s eastern frontier. For the first time in Assam’s history, a non-Congress chief minister has secured two consecutive terms. That is a tectonic shift. For deca