Himanta to Take Oath as Assam CM for Second Term Today

Riding on the BJP-led NDA's emphatic electoral triumph, Himanta Biswa Sarma will on Tuesday take oath as the Assam chief minister for a second consecutive term, a development that cements the saffron party's growing dominance in the state. 

Four MLAs of the NDA will also be sworn in at a function in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states.

Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Sarma and four other legislators at the Veterinary Field in Khanapara area at 11.40 am.



The 57-year-old is the first non-Congress leader in the state to assume charge as the CM for a second successive term. 

The four legislators who will take oath along with Sarma are BJP's Ajanta Neog and Rameshwar Teli, and one each from its allies- Atul Bora of the AGP and BPF's Charan Boro.

Neog, Bora and Boro were members of Sarma's first cabinet, while Teli, a former Union minister, returned to state politics. This will be the third NDA government in the state, with the alliance first coming to power in 2016 under the leadership of now Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal.