GUWAHATI, May 14: The four Assam ministers who took oath along with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were allocated their portfolios on Thursday.
The governor approved the list of portfolios of the ministers sent by the chief minister, officials said.
The four ministers in Sarma’s cabinet are BJP’s Rameshwar Teli and Ajanta Neog, AGP’s Atul Bora and BPF’s Charan Boro.
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Teli, a former Union minister, has been allocated the Labour Welfare, Tea tribes and Adivasi Welfare and Transformation and Development department.
Neog, who was finance minister in Sarma’s previous cabinet, has been allocated the portfolios for Women and Child Development and Tourism.
Bora, the Agriculture minister in the last government, has been given charge of Panchayat and Rural Development, Implementation of Assam Accord, Border Protection and Development, and Excise department.
Boro, also a minister in the previous government, retains the Transport and Welfare of Bodoland department.
All other departments will be held by the Chief Minister till the expansion of the ministry.
Sarma had said on Wednesday that the ministry would be expanded after the first assembly session concludes on May 26.
The four ministers represent the tea tribes (Teli), women (Neog), the regional Assamese community (Bora) and the indigenous Bodo tribal community (Boro). The BJP-led NDA government swept to power in the state for the third consecutive term with a record 102 seats. Sarma was sworn in as the chief minister for a second successive term on May 12. (PTI)
