After the swearing in ceremony of two new ministers in Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s ministry on Saturday. Some portfolios were also re-allocated with Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma getting back the education portfolio.
Siddhartha Bhattacharya, who lost the education portfolio, was given cooperation department in addition to the Guwahati development department, and law and justice.
Two new ministers, Mahmora MLA Jogen Mohan got Revenue and DM (Independent) and PWD (MoS), whereas Tinsukia MLA Sanjoy Kishan was given Tea Tribe Welfare (Independent), Labour Welfare (MoS).
Here’s the portfolios of members of the Council of Ministers:
1. Sarbananda Sonowal, CM Assam – Home, Political, Personnel, GAD, SAD, Implementation of Assam Accord, Administrative Reform & Training, Election, Information & Public Relation, Border Areas Development, Sports & YW, Power, Labour Welfare and any other department not alloted to the other Ministers.
2. Himanta Biswa Sarma – Finance, Transformation & Developemnt, Health & Family Welfare, PWD, Education (Higher, Secondary & Elementary).
3. Atul Bora – Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary.
4. Pramila Rani Brahma – Social Welfare and Soil Conservation.
5. Keshab Mahanta – Water Resorces, Science & Technology, Information Technology, Cultural Affairs (only Library & Archeology matters)
6. Parimal Suklabaidya – Fisheries, Excise, Environment & Forest.
7. Ranjit Dutta – Handloom and Textile and Sericulture (including Khadi and Village Industry), Welfare of Minorities.
8. Chandra Mohan Patowary – Commerce and Industry, Transport, Parliamentary Affair, Act East Policy Affairs, Skill Entrepreneur & Employment.
9. Siddhartha Bhattacharya – Guwahati Development Department, Law & Justice, Cooperation.
10. Sum Ronghang – Hills Area Development, Mines & Minerals.
11. Phani Bhusan Choudhury – Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Pension & Public Grievance.
12. Chandan Brahma – Tourism, Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes (WPT&BC).
13. Rihon Daimari – Public Health Engineering, Public Enterprise.
Ministers of State:
14. Naba Kumar Doley – Panchayat and Rural Development (Independent), Cultural Affairs Excluding Library & Archeology matters (Independent), Environment & Forest (assist cabinet Minister as MoS).
15. Bhabesh Kalita – Irrigation (Independent), Education (assist Cabinet Minister as MoS).
16. Pijush Hazarika – Urban Development including T&CP (Independent), Health & Family Welfare (assist Cabinet Minister as MoS).
17. Jogen Mohan – Revenue & DM (Independent), PWD (assist Cabinet Minister as MoS).
18. Sanjoy Kishan – Tea Tribe Welfare (Independent), Labour Welfare (assist Cabinet Minister as MoS).