BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as the Chief Minister of Assam. (Credit: BJP)
Assam CM oath ceremony highlights: BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma took oath as the Chief Minister of Assam for the second consecutive time at Veterinary College Field, Khanapara, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and several Chief Minister and key leaders of the ruling coalition.
Four other leaders – Rameswar Teli and Ajanta Neog from the BJP, Atul Bora from the AGP and Charan Boro from the BPF – have sworn in as ministers of Sarma’s cabinet as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) begins its third consecutive term. The coalition came to power in 2016 with then-CM Sarbananda Sonowal helming the coalition. Sarma, 57, is the first non-Congress leader in the state to assume charge as the CM for a second successive term.
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Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Sunday appointed Sarma as the CM after he was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party. The NDA secured 102 seats in the 126-member Assembly in a decisive mandate. The BJP won 82 seats alone, marking the first time the party has secured a majority in the House. The party will move ahead with its alliance partners, AGP and BPF – which won 10 seats each – to form the government.
New ministers in Himanta’s cabinet:
Rameswar Teli – A senior tea-tribe leader who has served as Union Minister of State for three different ministries in the second NDA-led government at the Centre, Teli won from the Duliajan constituency.
Ajanta Neog –A former Congress leader like Sarma, Neog has been re-elected from the Golaghat constituency for a sixth consecutive term. After joining the party in 2020, she served as the Finance Minister, and was the first woman to hold that post in the state.
Atul Bora – President of AGP, Bora has been a Cabinet minister in both the previous BJP-led governments. He has retained the Bokakhat constituency since 2016.
Charan Boro –Retaining the Majbat constituency since 2016, the BPF leader was inducted as Cabinet Minister in October last year to helm the departments of Transport and Welfare of Bodoland.
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