[1] The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on March 12, 1978.

He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs.

Jogendra Nath Hazarika was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978.

But he existed in CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed President's rule in Assam.

[2][3] The Navnirman Andolan, which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in Gujarat, Jayaprakash Narayan's movement against corruption, a three week long Bihar rail strike led by socialist leader George Fernandes, had destabilized the political atmosphere of India.