Rameswar Teli, Atul Bora, others takes oath as Assam ministers

PM Narendra Modi greeted and interacted with the newly sworn-in Assam cabinet.

Ajanta Neog takes oath. Ajanta Neog was the first woman Finance Minister of Assam. Ajanta Neog was elected from the Golaghat constituency in the recently concluded 2026 Assam Assembly elections by defeating Congress candidate Bitupan Saikia with a margin of 43,759 votes. Ajanta Neog was elected to the Assam Assembly for the sixth consecutive time (2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 and 2026).

Bodoland People's Front (BPF) leader Charan Boro took oath as Assam minister. Boro was elected from the Mazbat constituency in the recently concluded 2026 Assam Assembly elections by defeating Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate Priti Rekha Barla with a margin of 55,546 votes. He was elected to the Assam Assembly for the third consecutive time (2016, 2021 and 2026).

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president Atul Bora took oath as Assam minister. Bora was elected from the Bokakhat constituency in the recently concluded 2026 Assam Assembly elections by defeating Raijor Dal candidate Hari Prasad Saikia with a margin of 60,537 votes. He is the former minister of Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry of Assam (2016-2026).

Himanta Biswa Sarma greets PM Narendra Modi after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Assam for the second consecutive term at Veterinary College ground in Khanapara.

Rameswar Teli took oath as Assam Minister. He was elected from the Duliajan constituency in the recently concluded 2026 Assam Assembly elections by defeating Congress candidate Dhruba Gogoi with a margin of 10,459 votes. Teli represented the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat for two terms (2014-2024). He also served as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Labour and Employment (2021-2024). 

Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as the Chief Minister of Assam for the second consecutive term.

Assam CM designate Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma arrives at the Veterinary College ground in Khanapara for the swearing-in ceremony.

 Family members of CM-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma arrive at Veterinary College ground in Khanapara for the swearing-in ceremony.

Senior NDA leaders on Tuesday offered prayers at the revered Kamakhya temple in Guwahati ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the third BJP-led government in Assam. Among those who paid obeisance to Goddess Kamakhya were Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel.

Assam Chief Minister-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma ahead of oath-taking said that implementation of the party's manifesto would be the "aim" of the new government after taking oath on May 12. Talking to reporters, Sarma said, "After taking the oath, we will hold the first Cabinet meeting. Implementing our manifesto will be our aim."  

• Rameswar Teli: Former Union Minister of State who returned to state politics in the 2026 polls. He defeated Congress candidate Dhruba Gogoi by a decisive margin of 10459 votes at Duliajan Assembly constituency.
• Atul Bora: The AGP president won the Assembly elections 2026 from Bokakhat constituency, defeating Raijor Dal's candidate Hari Prasad Saikia by a margin of 60,537 votes. Bora was the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Urban Development, Town and Country Planning since 2016 in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led ministry as well as the Sarma-led ministry.
• Charan Boro: An MLA of Bodoland People's Front (BPF), he has been representing the Majbat Assembly constituency since 2016. He has also been serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Assam government since October 2025. This year, he defeated Jharkhand Mukto Morcha candidate Priti Rekha Barla by a margin of 55,546 votes. 
•  Ajanta Neog: A BJP veteran, who has been serving as the Minister of Finance and Women and Child Development in the Assam government since May 2021. She is the first woman Finance Minister of Assam. She has been representing the Golaghat Assembly seat consecutively for the past five terms since 2001. This year, she won the election from Golaghat seat defeating Congress leader Bitupan Saikia by a margin of 43,759 votes. 

Assam Chief Minister-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday sought blessings from Maa Kamakhya, hoping for "peace, progress and prosperity" for the people of the state ahead of his swearing-in ceremony. In a post on X, the CM-designate affirmed that with the blessings of Maa Kamakhya and Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, Assam will make strides in development, as the NDA government, under Sarma's leadership, is set to begin its third consecutive term in the state from today.

"May the blessings of Maa Kamakhya and Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev illuminate the lives of everyone in Assam and open new pathways to peace, progress and prosperity. Assam will scale new heights of development in the coming days with their blessings. 12.05.2026," he wrote.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived at Veterinary Field, Khanapara, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Assam government.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis reaches Veterinary Field, Khanapara, the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Assam government lead by CM-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma. He said, "Today is a very good day. BJP is going to form the government for the third time. I bow down to the people of Assam for their unwavering support to PM Modi and Himanta Biswa Sarma..."

West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari arrives in Guwahati to attend the oath ceremony of the new Assam government.

Bodoland People's Front leader Charan Boro to take oath as Assam Minister in the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led cabinet today. 

Director of Adani Defence and Aerospace, Jeet Adani, arrives in Guwahati to attend the swearing-in Ceremony of Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government. 

 BJP's winning candidate from Golaghat, Ajanta Neog to take oath as Assam Minister in the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led cabinet today. "After 77 years of independence, the people of the entire country are going to witness a historic event in Assam... In the last elections, we owned almost 102 seats... In this moment, I want to thank PM Modi, HM Amit Shah, our leader Himanta Biswa Sarma and our party president Dilip Saikia... I will work for whatever ministry I am assigned with utmost sincerity," she said.

Governor of Punjab Gulab Chand Jain Kataria arrives in Guwahati to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government. 

Himanta Biswa Sarma is expected to outline the new government's priorities for the first 100 days, including commitments relating to land rights and eviction drives.

The Congress will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of the third BJP-led NDA government in Assam, as the occasion was being turned into a "political" spectacle, state party president Gaurav Gogoi said on Monday. He said the party was focusing to building a "new Congress" to reach out to the people, while analysing the reasons behind its dismal performance in the assembly elections. "No Congress representative will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new government. We cannot take lightly the fact that a constitutional ceremony is being turned into an expensive, political and election-style rally," Gogoi told reporters.

The BJP-led NDA came to power for the third term with a stupendous two-thirds majority in last month's election. The BJP alone secured 82 seats and its allies, AGP and Bodoland People's Front (BPF), 10 each, in the 126-member Assembly. The Congress managed to win 19 seats, while its pre-poll ally Raijor Dal secured two. The AIUDF bagged two seats and the Trinamool Congress one.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers, chief ministers and their deputies of NDA-ruled states, top industrialists, Satradhikars (heads of Vaishnavite monasteries) and other dignitaries, besides BJP workers and booth committee presidents, will be attending the swearing-in ceremony of the third BJP-led NDA government in Assam.

Four ministers, including two from BJP allies AGP and BPF, will take oath as ministers in the new NDA government along with CM-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma on May 12. Sarma, in a post on X, also said that former minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass will be the alliance's candidate for the Assam Assembly Speaker's position.

Bora is the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president and Boro is a Bodoland People's Front (BPF) MLA, and both were ministers in the previous NDA government. Neog was also a minister in the previous government. Teli is a former Union Minister of State who returned to state politics in the 2026 polls.

The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Khanapara Veterinary College field in Guwahati with elaborate arrangements for accommodating several thousands of people, with separate dais also being erected for different set of dignitaries.

BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma will take oath as Assam Chief Minister on Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers, chief ministers of NDA-ruled states, industrialists and other dignitaries set to attend. Sarma, who first became chief minister in 2021, is set to become the first non-Congress leader in Assam to serve two consecutive terms as CM.