Assam swearing-in LIVE: Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as Assam CM; Four MLAs sworn in as Ministers

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed confidence in Himanta Biswa Sarma’s leadership as the latter took oath as the Chief Minister of Assam for a second term.

Mr. Fadnavis expressed gratitude to the people of Assam for electing the NDA government for a consecutive third term and believed that the state will play a pivotal role in the country’s progress in the coming years.

“For the third time, Bharatiya Janata Party government is being formed in Assam. I bow down to the people of Assam for the immense faith they have reposed in Prime Minister Modi and our popular Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma,” he said.

“I am confident that, just as Assam has transformed over the last ten years under the Prime Minister’s leadership, these coming five years will witness even greater development for the state; furthermore, I firmly believe that Assam will play a pivotal role in the overall progress of the nation,” he added.

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Sergio Gor, U.S. Ambassador to India, is among the foreign delegates present at the ceremony. 

Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam for the second consecutive term.

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Assam has its 15th Chief Minister, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma..

He was sworn in as the CM for a second consecutive time on May 12, 2026, making him the first non-Congress leader to hold the post, twice in a row.

The former Congress politician won from the Jalukbari constituency, marking his sixth consecutive win from the seat, with a vote share of approximately 74%.

The BJP’s Ajanta Neog, the Finance Minister in the last Assembly, takes oath as a Minister-designate; she retained the Golaghat constituency.

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Fourth to take oath as Minister designate is Charan Boro of the Bodoland People’s Front, who won from the Mazbat constituency; he took the oath in the Bodo language

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Third to take oath as Minister designate is Asom Gana Parishad president Atul Bora, who retained his Bokakhat seat; his portfolio in the last Assembly included Agriculture and Excise. 

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Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya swears in Himanta Biswa Sarma as the Chief Minister of Assam for his second successive term. 

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Sergio Gor, U.S. Ambassador to India, is among the foreign delegates present at the ceremony to swear in Himanta Biswa Sarma as Chief Minister of Assam for the second straight term.

The abbots of 17 Vaishnav monasteries across Assam are present at the oath-taking ceremony. 

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to form the government in Assam for a third consecutive term. In an Assembly of 126 seats, the seat as well as vote share of the incumbent alliance has significantly gone up.

Politics in Assam is marked by great linguistic, religious and ethnic diversity. This has created ample ground for political polarisation in many directions. Historically, the State has undergone various political shifts ranging from Congress dominance till the mid-1970s to the rise of regionalism in the mid-1980s, before returning to Congress dominance in the first decades of the 21st century. The State, once considered a stronghold of the Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), has now become a stronghold of the BJP. The present electoral mandate therefore needs to be read as a renewed validation of an already existing political domination, with augmented ideological moorings.

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Assam BJP President Dilip Saikia says, “This will be the third time the NDA government is taking oath in the presence of Prime Minister Modi.” 

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On the swearing-in ceremony of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government, NCP MP Praful Patel says, “...Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the NDA and BJP are making a lot of progress. They are successful in winning the trust of the public of the nation...”

Assam Chief Minister-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma leaves his residence for the swearing-in ceremony. 

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president Atul Bora expresses pride in the governance of NDA in Assam, noting it as “unparalleled” and attributing it to the overwhelming victory of the alliance for the third consecutive time in the Assembly elections.

Speaking ahead of taking oath as a State Minister in the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led cabinet today, Mr. Bora lauded the leadership of Assam CM-designate and said that the development in the State has been particularly achieved in the State under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s guidance.

Asserting that such a level of progress as under the NDA has not been witnessed “since independence,” Mr. Bora said that the hard work by the Mr. Sarma-led government has paid off, and the people have enthusiastically chosen it for another term.

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The 126-member Assam Assembly may not have an officially recognised Leader of the Opposition.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its two regional allies bagged 102 seats, while the Opposition alliance managed 21. The Congress won 19 of these and the Raijor Dal two.

Of the remaining three seats, the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the Trinamool Congress won two and one, respectively. They are not part of the Congress-led front.

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Sharing a list of leaders who are going to take oath as Ministers, along with Himanta Biswa Sarma, Mr. Sarma said that Ranjit Das, MLA, will be a candidate for the post of Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly. 

Others in the list include Rameswar Teli, Atul Bora, Charan Boro, and Ajanta Neog.

Himanta Biswa Sarma will become the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Assam for the second straight term when he is sworn in on Tuesday (May 12, 2026).

The only other non-Congress Chief Minister who served two terms is Prafulla Kumar Mahanta of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), but his tenures were separated by five years. Since the end of his second term in 2001, the AGP has been a minor partner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mr. Sarma’s party.

Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Monday (May 12) hailed the third consecutive victory of the NDA in Assam, welcoming the Chief Minister-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government ahead of its swearing-in ceremony.

Speaking with ANI, Mr. Paswan lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and attributed people’s trust in him as the reason for the BJP’s hat-trick in Assam and historic victory in West Bengal. He asserted that the entire country has faith in the “double-engine government” for development.

“The way the people of Assam have once again chosen a government that follows Prime Minister Modi’s vision and the path of development led by Himanta Biswa Sarma shows that a historic victory has been achieved in Assam, and we have also formed the government in Bengal. Across the country, people want a double-engine government so that development can gain even more momentum,” he said.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with BJP leader Biswajit Daimary, visited the revered Maa Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati on Tuesday (May 12) to seek blessings ahead of Himanta Biswa Sarma’s swearing-in ceremony as Assam Chief Minister in his second term.

After the NDA recorded a massive victory in the Assam Assembly elections, BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma is set to be sworn in for his second term today.

The BJP leaders hailed NDA’s poll victory and resolve for Viksit Bharat at 2047.

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Himanta Biswa Sarma will become the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Assam for the second straight term when he is sworn in today (May 12, 2026).

A galaxy of VVIPs from diverse fields is expected to attend the oath-taking ceremony at the College of Veterinary Science Playground on the southern edge of Guwahati. They are headlined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Chief Ministers of 22 NDA-ruled States and Union Territories, and BJP leaders, including national president Nitin Nabin.