Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday expanded his council of ministers, inducting 12 legislators and raising the cabinet strength to 17. Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy at the Jyoti-Bishnu Antarjatik Kala Mandir here.
Newly Inducted Ministers
Among those sworn in were 11 BJP MLAs — Ranoj Pegu, Ashok Singhal, Biswajit Daimary, Ashwini Ray Sarkar, Nilima Devi, Sushanta Borgohain, Bimal Borah, Jayant Mallabaruah, Kaushik Rai, Krishnendu Paul, and Pijush Hazarika — and one AGP legislator, Keshab Mahanta.
Previous Cabinet Formation
In the earlier swearing-in on May 12, AGP’s Atul Bora, BPF’s Charan Boro, and BJP’s Ajanta Neog and Rameswar Teli took oath along with Sarma.
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Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
