A day after taking oath because the fifteenth Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday allotted portfolios to his 13 cupboard colleagues. Sarma has saved Home, Personnel, PWD departments himself.Â
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam unit president Ranjeet Kumar Dass has given the duty of Panchayat and Rural Development, Public Health Engineering, Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs ministries.Â
Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president Atul Bora will deal with Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary departments Bora will even take care of the Border Area Development and Assam Accord Implementation departments.
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The ruling BJP alliance is the primary non-Congress authorities within the state to win the elections for the second consecutive time period.
Of the 126 meeting seats in Assam, the ruling alliance has secured 75 seats with BJP successful 60 whereas the AGP obtained 9 seats and the UPPL six.