BJP s Himanta Biswa Sarma Takes Oath As Assam Chief Minister BJP s Himanta Biswa Sarma Takes Oath As Assam Chief Minister PM Modi congratulated Mr Sarma and said he was confident this team will add momentum to the development journey of Assam .
Himanta Sarma succeeds Sarbananda Sonowal as the 15th Chief Minister of the state.
Guwahati:
Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Assam, along with 13 members of his cabinet, by Governor Jagdish Mukhi this afternoon. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by BJP National President J P Nadda and many other leaders of the party as well as opposition parties.
Assam’s CM-elect Himanta Biswa Sarma with Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati on Sunday
GUWAHATI: NDA’s kingmaker in the northeast and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma will be sworn in as Assam’s 15th chief minister on Monday.
The 52-year-old former Supreme Court advocate will be the state’s first chief minister from the Brahmin community. He will also be the first CM from lower Assam in over two decades after the late Bhumidhar Barman of Congress held the post for a brief period in 1996 following Hiteswar Saikia’s death.
The BJP legislature party on Sunday unanimously elected him as the leader of the party in the House in the presence of agriculture minister and BJP’s central observer Narendra Singh Tomar, which not only ended a six-day period of speculation over the CM’s face since the declaration of election results on May 2, but also Sarma’s long wait to reach the top post.
The first meeting of the state Cabinet will be held on Tuesday and the CM said the government will try to fulfil all pre-poll promises, which include making Assam flood-free.
On the National Register of Citizens (NRC), he said the government will favour 20% re-verification of documents in the districts that share a border with Bangladesh and 10% re-verification elsewhere. If the old draft of the NRC is found to be flawless during the re-verification process, we will go ahead with it. But if anomalies are detected, we will want the Supreme Court to see to it, he said.
The NRC of 1951 was updated in Assam under the direct monitoring of the apex court. Over 19 lakh people were left out of the draft.
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: Monday, May 10, 2021, 8:13 AM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma set to take oath as Assam Chief Minister today; calls it the biggest day in my life
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Himanta Biswa Sarma, the charioteer of BJP s stride in the Northeast, is now the brightest star in the political spectrum in the city of eastern lights. The 52-year-old leader is all set to swear in as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam on Monday.
Sarma was elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party in Assam on Sunday. He will replace Sarbananda Sonowal, who tendered his resignation as Assam Chief Minister to Governor Jagadish Mukhi on Sunday.