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BJP MLAs Ranoj Pegu, Ashok Singhal, Biswajit Daimary and AGP's Keshab Mahanta were among the 12 legislators who took oath arsenic Ministers connected Friday (June 5, 2026) arsenic Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expanded his Cabinet, taking the spot of the assembly of ministers to 17.
Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered the oath of bureau and secrecy to the MLAs astatine a relation astatine the Jyoti-Bishnu Antarjatik Kala Mandir successful Guwahati.
Among the caller faces successful the Cabinet are BJP's Ashwini Ray Sarkar, Nandini Devi and Sushanta Borgohain.
AGP's Mahanta, who was successful Mr. Sarma's erstwhile cabinet, has been included successful the assembly of Ministers.
BJP MLAs Bimal Borah, Jayant Mallabaruah, Kaushik Rai, Krishnendu Paul and Pijush Hazarika, who took the oath, had besides served arsenic ministers successful the erstwhile Himanta Sarma government.
The spot of the Assam Cabinet volition present beryllium 17, including the Chief Minister, with 4 different Ministers sworn successful connected May 12.
The Ministers sworn successful earlier are AGP's Atul Bora, BPF's Charan Boro and BJP's Ajanta Neog and Rameshwar Teli.
The NDA won a grounds 102 seats successful the 126-member Assembly, including 82 from the BJP.
The BJP allies, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), bagged 10 seats each.
