Pramod Boro takes oath as Bodoland Territorial Council chief
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Sonowal, on the occasion. expressed his gratitude to all sections of the voters for electing the new members for a new Council. He also said that the council, led by Pramod Boro, would take all the people belonging to Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri on board towards development.
Guwahati: New chief executive member (CEM) of sixth schedule Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Pramod Boro took oath of office in Kokrajhar.
Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah administered him oath of office. The Chief Secretary also administered Gobinda Basumatary as the Deputy Chief and Gautam Das, Ghanashyam Das and Diganta Baruah as members of the Council in presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
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GUWAHATI: Seventeen years since it was created as a political solution to the Bodo agitation for a separate state, Assam s Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) on Tuesday got a new chief in former student leader Pramod Bodo.
He was sworn in as the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the autonomous council at a programme held in Kokrajhar. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were among dignitaries in attendance.
Gobinda Basumatary of the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) took oath as the Deputy CEM. He is a former leader of a faction of the insurgent group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
Bodoland Territorial Council: Five members of BJP-UPPL-GSP coalition sworn in
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Besides Bodo, the others sworn in included Deputy CEM Gobindo Chandra Basumatry of the United Peoples Party Liberal (UPPL), BJP s Gautam Das and Diganta Barua and Gana Suraksha Party s (GSP) Ghanashyam Das.
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Senior BJP leader and NEDA convener Himanta Biswa Sarma attends a public meeting ahead of the 2nd Phase of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) polls 2020 in Kokrajhar District.
Kokrajhar: The fourth Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) was constituted on Tuesday with the swearing in of five members of the BJP-UPPL-GSP combine and UPPL s Promod Bodo assuming charge as the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the autonomous body. The members were administered the oath of office by Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua at the Green Field Ground in Bodofa Nwgar here.
UPPL’s Pramod Bodo takes oath as Bodoland Territorial Council chief
UPPL’s Pramod Bodo takes oath as Bodoland Territorial Council chief
Assam s Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) got a new chief after former student leader and president of United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) Pramod Bodo on Tuesday took oath as the new BTC chief.
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New chief of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Pramod Bodo in Assam. (India Today)
After 17 years, Assam s Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) got a new chief after former student leader and president of United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) Pramod Bodo on Tuesday took oath as the new BTC chief.