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Assam: Seven new ministers to be inducted in Sonowal cabinet tomorrow

| @indiablooms | Apr 25, 2018, at 10:35 pm

Guwahati, Apr 24 (IBNS): The much awaited cabinet expansion of Sarbananda Sonowal-led Assam government will take place on Thursday.

Seven new ministers will be inducted in the BJP-led Assam government.

According the government source, the oath taking ceremony will be held at Durbar Hall of Raj Bhawan in Guwahati at around 10 am.

A top source of Assam BJP unit said the cabinet expansion has been finalised after BJP’s National President had approved it recently.

According to the reports, among the new ministers, five will be from BJP while one each new minister to be inducted from its ally parties Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF).

From BJP might be Pijush Hazarika (MLA of Jagiroad constituency), Siddhartha Bhattacharya (MLA of Guwahati East), Tapan Kumar Gogoi (MLA of Sonari), Sum Ronghang (MLA of Diphu) and Bhabesh Kalita (MLA of Rongia) will be inducted as ministers in Sonowal cabinet.

Apart from it, senior AGP leader and MLA from Bongaigaon assembly constituency Phani Bhusan Choudhury and BPF MLA Chandan Brahma will be berth as new ministers in Sonowal-led government.

Seven ministers including Chief Minister from BJP and two each ministers from AGP and BPF are in the present government.

 

(Reporting by Hemanta KumarNath)

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