The newly-elected Congress Legislators in Assam will meet in Guwahati on Tuesday to elect the CLP leader; the meeting will be attended by senior Congress leaders Pranab Mukherjee and Digvijoy Singh.

Tarun Gogoi is likely to be elected CLP leader unopposed to enable him to continue as the Chief Minister of the State for the third consecutive term.

According to official sources, the new Congress Government in the State is likely to take oath on Wednesday.

The Congress party got absolute majority by winning 78 of the total 126 seats in the State Assembly.

The Congress ally Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) which won 12 seats has expressed its willingness to join the Congress government.

Meanwhile, the last Cabinet meeting of the Tarun Gogoi-led State Government was held at Dispur on Sunday evening.

It adopted a resolution for dissolution of the 12th Assembly in the State. The Cabinet decision was faxed to the Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik for his acceptance.

The Chief Minister is supposed to meet the Governor formally at Raj Bhavan in Guwahati on Monday at 11.00 in the morning