GUWAHATI: New Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma assumed office on Monday with a bare-bones 14-member cabinet, including10 from BJP, and a to-do list that gives the battle against Covid-19 top priority and promises a “proactive government” that will fulfil all of BJP’s promises –– from a “rectified NRC” to laws against “love and land jihad”.
Sarma, who held the health portfolio along with finance, education and PWD in the erstwhile Sarbananda Sonowal government, said after being sworn in at the Sankardev Kalakshetra cultural complex that “both the CM and health minister will together together aggressively fight the battle against the pandemic”.
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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.
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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