GUWAHATI: BJP MLAs Jayanta Malla Baruah and Nandita Gorlosa on Thursday took oath as new ministers in Assam as chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched into his cupboard’s first growth, a month after finishing one year in office.
The swearing-in ceremony came about at Srimanta Sharakardev Kalakshetra at 3 PM.
Both the Ministers took their oath in presence of Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Saram and different cupboard ministers.
Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of workplace and secrecy to the 2 first-time ministers with Baruah and Gorlosa pledged in Assamese and English respectively.
Sarma took over as chief minister of Assam on May 10 final yr after BJP returned to energy within the meeting elections for a second consecutive time period.
Baruah, the chief minister’s political secretary, is an MLA from Nalbari whereas Gorlosa represents the Haflong constituency within the Assembly.
Baruah is a former Congress MLA and was elected for the primary time in 2011. However, he didn’t full his time period and defected to the BJP after Sarma left the grand outdated celebration to hitch the saffron brigade in 2015.
Gorlosa is a First time MLA from the BJP
With the 2 new inductees, the BJP-led Assam authorities at current has 16 cupboard ministers and there’s no one as minister of state.
As per the 91st modification of the Constitution in 2003, the entire variety of ministers, together with the chief minister, in a state shouldn’t exceed 15 p.c of the entire variety of members of the legislative meeting.
As the Assam meeting has a energy of 126 MLAs, a most of 19 ministers can operate at a time.
Himanta Biswa Sarma Expands Cabinet Full List
Minister’s Name | Department |
Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, CM Assam |
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Sri Ranjit Kumar Dass, Minister |
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Sri Atul Bora, Minister |
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Shri Urkhao Gwra Brahma, Minister |
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Shri Chandra Mohan Patowary, Minister |
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Shri Parimal Shuklabaidya, Minister |
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Shri Keshab Mahanta, Minister |
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Shri Ranuj Pegu, Minister |
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Shri Ashok Singhal, Minister |
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Shri Jogen Mohan, Minister |
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Shri Sanjay Kishan, Minister |
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Smt Ajanta Neog, Minister |
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Shri Pijush Hazarika, Minister |
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Shri Bimal Bora, Minister |
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Smt. Nandita Gorlosa, Minister |
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Shri Jayanta Malla Baruah, Minister |
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