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Born 01 February 1969
Age 56
Birth Place Jorhat, Assam, India
Profession Lawyer, Politician
Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party (2015-present)
In Office Minister Of The Government Of Assam 24 May 2016 - 9 May 2021, Minister Of State Of The Government Of Assam 1 September 2004 - June 2006
Residence Dispur

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Himanta Biswa Sarma BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 09 Feb 2025

Sworn in as Assam’s 15th CM in May 2021, Himanta Biswa Sarma, who succeeded Sarbananda Sonowal to the post, has been accused by the Opposition of exploiting the religious cleavages that run through Assamese nationalism, which itself a product of ethnic and linguistic anxieties. Since taking cha...rge, Sarma has piloted several policies seemingly aligned with the Sangh agenda, including the passage of the Assam Cattle Preservation (Amendment) Act, calling “cow is our mother, its slaughter must stop”, demanded reverification of NRC, carried out demolition drives to evict “illegal encroachers”, raked up “threats to Hindus in Assam” and defended demolition of madrasas over alleged terror links. Once considered Gogoi’s “blue-eyed boy”, Sarma’s relationship with the Congress stalwart, who passed away in 2021, came under strain from around 2011 as Sarma made no bones about his ambitions to lead the state. For many observers of Sarma’s political trajectory, which started with the All Assam Students’ Union, it was a deja vu moment as he was first elected as an MLA in 2001, defeating Bhrigu Kumar Phukan, his one-time mentor. Sarma’s ties with Gogoi further soured as the latter introduced his son Gaurav, now a two-term Lok Sabha MP, into politics. As reports of his rift with Gogoi started surfacing, Sarma tweeted on April 28, 2012, “With saline drip at hand last election I campaigned and did everything (under) my command to make Tarun Gogoi CM. Nobody should teach me loyalty.” Matters came to head after Rahul Gandhi rejected his claim to the CM’s chair even as he claimed the support of 52 out of 79 Congress MLAs in July 2014. A year later, he joined the BJP. After resigning as an MLA, he wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, slamming Rahul. In the past, Sarma has even accused the former Congress president of “feeding biscuits” to his dog Pidi “while we wanted to discuss Assam’s issues”. Nevertheless, Sarma’s induction into the BJP was not without hiccups, particularly over his alleged role in the Louis Berger case being probed by the CBI. In fact, days before Sarma joined the BJP, Sonowal and Kiren Rijiju, now the Union Law Minister, had addressed a press conference, along with party spokesperson Sambit Patra, where they had prominently held up the allegations in a bid to counter the Congress. Many also saw in it an attempt by Sonowal to torpedo Sarma’s imminent entry. Cut to 2022. While Sonowal finds himself in charge of the shipping ministry at the Centre, Sarma is the undisputed leader of the BJP in Assam, the convenor of the Northeast Democratic Alliance, and its newest posterboy in national politics.

Himanta Biswa Sarma PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse	Riniki Bhuyan Sarma (2001),
Education	Cotton College (BA, MA), BRM Government Law College (LLB), Gauhati University (PhD)

POSITIONS HELD BY Himanta Biswa Sarma

Position	Tenure
Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly	2001 - Present
Chief Minister of Assam	10 May 2021 - Present

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HIMANTA BISWA SARMA NEWS

People in Assam need development, not guns

August 18, 2025 2:55 pm

Decision of state government to give gun licenses to indigenous communities is dangerous and risks further polarisation

While "vulnerable areas" are not clearly defined under the application process, Sarma specifically mentioned regions where Bengali-origin Muslims are in the majority as examples of these.

All about Assam’s new arms licence portal for ‘indigenous citizens’ in ‘vulnerable areas’

August 15, 2025 2:32 pm

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called the portal an attempt to make citizens ‘first responders’ in law-and-order situations in remote areas

A roadside altercation involving Bengali-origin man prompts Himanta to suggest changing locality name

August 11, 2025 8:21 am

The incident took place on Friday evening in Daccapatty, a commercial locality in central Assam’s Nagaon town.

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On ‘suggestion’ to drop Foreigners Tribunal cases against people from 6 communities, Assam CM Himanta clears the air

August 08, 2025 7:32 am

The issue came up in a high-level meeting of the state Home and Political Department last month

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Assam to launch portal for indigenous people to seek arms licences

August 07, 2025 5:31 am

On Wednesday, he announced on social media that the government is in the process of rolling out a dedicated portal where “indigenous people, who perceive threat to their lives and reside in sensitive areas” can apply for arms licences.

Muslim population in Assam will be almost equal to Hindus by 2041 if present growth continues: Himanta Biswa Sarma

July 23, 2025 6:52 pm

Addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting here, Sarma claimed that out of around 34 per cent Muslims as per the 2011 census, 31 per cent were those who had migrated to Assam earlier.

‘BJP crossing all limits, its states Haryana and Assam detaining, sending NRC notices to Bengal residents’: Mamata

July 23, 2025 2:12 am

Stating that over 30 crore people speak Bengali in the world, the CM said: “This illegal detention is an insult to our mother tongue"

Assam evictions: Himanta Biswa Sarma government must not trade empathy for political expediency

July 21, 2025 7:59 am

According to the state government, over 1.19 lakh bighas of land have been reclaimed since 2021 and over 50,000 people have been evicted. These statistics encompass homes, schools, livelihoods, lifelines and lifetimes. An absence of humane policy response stands to render eviction not as an administrative necessity, but as a form of institutional violenc

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addresses reporters in Guwahati on Tuesday

Voter list revision not a solution to demographic change in Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma says

July 16, 2025 1:25 pm

CM says ‘indigenous solutions’ needed, adds that NRC in Assam failed because of “a lack of a mechanism” to effectively carry it out in border districts

Missed demographic invasion in lower and middle Assam, won’t let it repeat in upper Assam: Himanta’s rationale for mass evictions

July 16, 2025 11:43 am

In the past month, the Assam government has conducted five major evictions across four districts in which at least 3,300 families have been removed from forest land, grazing land and government revenue land.