Himanta Biswa Sarma s never-say-die spirit gets him CM s post
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Denied chief ministership in 2015 by Congress leadership, Himanta Biswa Sarma finally makes it to the post in 2021. In the span of seven years, he led BJP to a resounding victory in Assam twice.
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Denied chief ministership in 2015 by Congress leadership, Himanta Biswa Sarma finally makes it to the post in 2021. In the span of seven years, he led BJP to a resounding victory in Assam twice. Sarma had chequered political life as he moved on from former Assam chief minister, Tarun Gogoi’s trusted lieutenant to Prime minister Narendra Modi’ and Union Home minister Amit Shah’s blue eyed boy.
GUWAHATI: The Cotton University erstwhile Cotton College fraternity was elated after receiving the news of their most popular student union leader from the late 1980s becoming the 15th chief minister of Assam.
One of the breeding grounds of future politicians, Cotton College produced six former chief ministers of Assam- Gopinath Bordoloi, Mahendra Mohan Choudhury, Sarat Chandra Singha, Jogendra Nath Hazarika, Hiteswar Saikia and Bhumidhar Barman- in the post-independence era. Despite the Cotton alumni playing an influential role across the political spectrum of the state all along, a Cottonian could not adorn the chief minister s chair in Assam since 1996. As Himanta Biswa Sarma is set to be sworn in as the new chief minister on Monday, both the alumni and students of the leading higher education institution have pinned high hopes from him, which is far broader than transforming the education scenario of the state.
The Congress on Sunday congratulated chief minister designate Himanta Biswa Sarma, expressing their solidarity to make a concerted effort to bridge the gap between the ruling bench and the Opposition to help the state prosper.
GUWAHATI: The Congress on Sunday congratulated chief minister designate Himanta Biswa Sarma, expressing their solidarity to make a concerted effort to bridge the gap between the ruling bench and the Opposition to help the state prosper.
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora, in a tweet, said the Congress is ready to work in tandem with the BJP to make Assam one of the most developed states.
Himanta Biswa Sarma will be new CM of Assam
May 09, 2021
Sarmas name was proposed by Sonowal
After a day’s discussion, the BJP top brass decided on Sunday that former Congressman and North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma will be the party’s choice to succeed Sarbananda Sonowal as Chief Minister of Assam. A meeting of the BJP legislative party, held in Guwahati, unanimously elected Sarma as its leader. The meeting was held in the presence of central observer and Union Agricultural Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
On Saturday, the BJP leadership, including BJP president JP Nadda and former president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, held discussions with Sarma and Sonowal on the issue of Chief Ministership. “How enormously blessed I feel Prime Minister Narendra Modi for your faith in me. This is the biggest day in my life, and I so fondly cherish your generous affection. I assure you we shall leave no stone unturned to carry forward your vision o
Himanta Biswa Sarma, 52, will succeed Sarbananda Sonowal as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam after the BJP-led alliance won with a landslide of 78 votes in the assembly elections, the results of which was declared on May 2.