Himanta Biswa Sarma to take oath as Assam CM for second consecutive term

Assam Chief Minister-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma meets Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and stakes claim to form the next government, in Guwahati, Assam. Union Minister JP Nadda, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, state BJP president Dilip Saikia, and others, are also seen. Pic/PTI

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.

Neog was the finance minister, while Bora took care of the agriculture department, and Boro held the transport portfolio in the outgoing government.

Officials said over one lakh people, including the BJP's panchayat presidents and members, are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Security has been tightened across Guwahati with central and state police monitoring the situation, while arrangements at the venue are being coordinated by various departments under the directives of Chief Secretary Ravi Kota.

The NDA swept to power in the state with a record 102 of the 126-member assembly, with the BJP alone securing 82 constituencies while its alliance partners, the AGP and the BPF, bagged 10 seats each.

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