Hours after the results were declared, the BJP castigated AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta without naming him. Mahanta, who had been camping in New Delhi, suggested BJP MP Bijaya Chakrabarty in Guwahati, was dreaming of becoming chief minister again and is presumably holding negotiations with the Congress for a government headed by the AGP, BPF and AUDF and supported by the Congress from outside. However Mahanta, one of the founding members of the AGP and chief minister of Assam twice before, gave no hint of any such possibility. While admitting that he was unhappy at AGP getting fewer than expected seats, he acknowledged the role of BJP as the ‘big brother' in Assam. Excerpts from a conversation he had with Bula Devi.