Of the two MG link expresses, one became the Darjeeling mail, while the other became the Assam mail.
Note that even though the Darjeeling mail was terminated at NJP, a slow connecting train to Amingaon/Gauhati was still run providing a connection to the passengers. (The earlier MG version too was an express only till Siliguri and was a passenger after that to Amingaon).
So, technically both trains were converted and connectivity to Amingaon was still preserved after conversion to BG.