GUWAHATI: Five-time MLA and NDA’s northeast troubleshooter Himanta Biswa Sarma was named Assam s 15th chief minister on Sunday, a day after he and incumbent Sarbananda Sonowal were called to Delhi ahead of the BJP legislature party meeting in Guwahati that put its seal on the high command s choice.
Sarma, who quit Congress in 2015 to join BJP after a much-publicised succession rift with his mentor and then CM Tarun Gogoi, made the cut after almost a week of speculation over whether the 52-yearold former Supreme Court advocate would pip his predecessor Sonowal at the post. His elevation, seen as an acknowledgement of his contribution towards BJP s growth in Assam and the northeast as well as a recognition of his support among MLAs and his fierce ambition to take the helm, came at Sonowal’s cost.
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.
Live updates: Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as Assam chief minister
Live updates: Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as Assam chief minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma, the charioteer of BJP s stride in the Northeast is all set to swear in as the 15th chief minister of Assam. Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the newly-elected cabinet of chief minister .Read More
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7 of 15 Assam CMs ex-students of 120-yr-old Cotton University
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Guwahati, May 10 : The 120-year-old Cotton University, previously Cotton College, in Guwahati has given Assam seven of the states 15 Chief Ministers, including Himanta Biswa Sarma, who on Monday was sworn-in as the 15th CM of the northeastern state.
As the Education Minister in the previous government led by Sarbananda Sonowal, Sarma, who studied in the varsity from 1985 to 1992, took active initiative to turn Cotton College into a university in 2017 by approving the Cotton University Bill, 2017 in the state Assembly.