Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Himanta Biswa Sarma took oath as Chief Minister of Assam for a second consecutive term in Guwahati on May 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP national president Nitin Nabin, along with over NDA chief ministers and deputy chief ministers were present at the grand event at the Khanapara Veterinary College Field.
Barricades, traffic diversions, and multi-layered security deployments have been put in place around the Khanapara area. This will be the third NDA Government in Assam, and Sarma has become the only non-Congress chief minister to achieve the feat in the state.
Along with Sarma, four ministers – two from the BJP and one each from its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) – were also be sworn in. These include Rameswar Teli, Atul Bora (AGP), Charan Boro (BPF) and Ajanta Neog. Former minister and senior BJP leader Ranjeet Kumar Dass will be the NDA’s candidate for the position of Speaker of the state Assembly.
The first Cabinet meeting of the new government would be held shortly after the swearing-in ceremony. Sarma said implementation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral commitments and development agenda would remain the government’s top priority in its new term.
The NDA, comprising the BJP, AGP and BPF, secured a sweeping mandate in the assembly polls, winning a record 102 seats in the 126-member House. The BJP alone bagged 82, its first single-party majority in the state, while AGP and BPF won 10 seats each
