GUWAHATI, May 31: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said his ministry would be expanded with the swearing in of new ministers on June 5.
Sarma was sworn in as the chief minister for the second consecutive term on May 12 by Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers, chief ministers of NDA-ruled states and other top dignitaries.
Along with the chief minister, four other ministers had taken oath — the BJP’s Ajanta Neog and Rameswar Teli, Asom Gana Parishad’s (AGP) Atul Bora and Bodoland People’s Front’s (BPF) Charan Boro.
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“I am pleased to inform that the Council of Ministers of the Government of Assam will be expanded on June 5, 2026,” Sarma said in a post on X.
He did not mention the number or names of new ministers to be inducted.
Among the ministers who took office on May 12, Neog, Bora and Boro were retained from the previous ministry, while Teli, a former Union minister of state, was inducted in the state Cabinet for the first time as he returned to the Assembly.
Bora, the AGP president, was allotted Implementation of Assam Accord, border protection and development, panchayat and rural development, and excise portfolios.
Former state finance minister, Neog, has been given charge of the tourism, women and child welfare departments.
Boro was allotted transport, and the welfare of Bodoland departments, while Teli was given transformation and development, labour welfare and tea tribes and adivasi welfare portfolios.
All other departments, not yet allotted, are held by the chief minister. The BJP-led NDA came to power for a third successive term in the state, bagging 102 out of the total 126 seats. The saffron party had secured 82 seats, and its allies AGP and BPF won 10 each. (PTI)
