Himanta Biswa Sarma sworn in as Assam CM
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Himanta Biswa Sarma was on Monday afternoon sworn in as the fifteenth Chief Minister of Assam, succeeding Sarbananda Sonowal as Bharatiya Janata Party’s second.
Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi additionally administered the oath of workplace and secretary to 13 others as Cabinet Ministers.
Three of these sworn in belong to BJP’s two regional allies. They are Asom Gana Parishad president Atul Bora and his celebration colleague Keshab Mahanta, and former MP Urkhao Gwra Brahma of United People’s Party Liberal.
Ajanta Neog, the one girl in the ministry, had stop the Congress in December 2020 and joined the BJP. She was amongst six ladies elected to the 126-member Assam Assembly in the three-phase elections that concluded April 6.
The others sworn in had been State BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, Parimal Suklabaidya, Chandra Mohan Patowary, Ranoj Pegu, Sanjay Kishan, Jogen Mohan, Ashok Singhal, Pijush Hazarika and Bimal Bora.
Dr Sarma and 10 others took oath in Assamese whereas Mr Brahma, Mr Suklabaidya and Mr Singhal opted for the Bodo, Bengali and English languages respectively.
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo and English are official languages in as many areas of the State.
Before the swearing-in ceremony, Dr Sarma had visited Kamakhya and some different temples.
Eight of these sworn in, together with Dr Sarma, had been Ministers in the Sonowal authorities.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and his Tripura counterpart Biplab Kumar Deb had been among the many dignitaries who attended the swearing-in ceremony on the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra.
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