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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

The eviction drive, carried out across three revenue villages of Charuabakhra, Santoshpur and Chirakuta Pt. 1 in Assam, started on Tuesday morning

Mega eviction drive across 3 Assam villages sees stone pelting and lathi charge; 1,400 families displaced

July 08, 2025 9:38 pm

These 3,500 bighas of government khas land in Dhubri district is primarily occupied by Bengali-speaking Muslims, and the district administration estimates there are around 1,700 structures built on it where 1,400 families live.

In Assam’s crackdown on beef, 100 eateries raided, 1,000 kg meat seized, 132 arrests

July 02, 2025 9:08 am

Last month, Sarma had said the government would tighten the implementation of the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021, in response to these incidents

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‘Golden time to remove socialism, secularism from Constitution’: Himanta joins debate on Preamble

June 29, 2025 12:08 pm

Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Constitution had been “completely transformed” by the addition of the two terms through the 42nd amendment under then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s leadership.

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Accept preamble values, 90% of problems will be resolved: Devendra Fadnavis

June 29, 2025 10:18 am

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says secularism, socialism western concepts, should be struck off from Constitution

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Assam mulls giving District Commissioners power to approve Aadhaar for applicants over 18

June 28, 2025 6:46 am

The development comes against the backdrop of a renewed push against alleged illegal immigration from Bangladesh. This has included the detention and “pushbacks” into Bangladesh of hundreds of people declared to be foreigners by the state’s Foreigners’ Tribunals.

Guwahati, Jun 20 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addresses a press conference, at Lok Sewa Bhawan, Dispur, in Guwahati on Friday. (ANI Photo)

Himanta suggests Army base at Dhubri as Assam CM makes 2nd visit to border district after communal tensions

June 24, 2025 10:24 pm

As part of the strict measures taken in the aftermath of the tensions, Sarma had announced during a visit to Dhubri on June 13 that nighttime shoot-at-sight orders would be issued.

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Himanta says will tighten cattle slaughter law after series of arrests bring issue to centre stage in Assam

June 21, 2025 11:18 am

In the past two weeks, at least 72 people have been arrested in Dhubri, Goalpara and Lakhimpur after three separate incidents of suspected cattle remains being recovered from near temples in the first two places, and near a namghar (community prayer hall) in Lakhimpur.

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Illegal migration from Bangladesh has been a problem for decades. Why did no one act?

June 18, 2025 3:21 pm

Warnings by the Task Force, the Group of Ministers and the Supreme Court remained unheeded

5 held in Assam for bid to ‘incite communal tension’

June 16, 2025 4:58 am

This was announced by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a social media post, where he said, “Lakhipur Police of Goalpara district has arrested the following individuals for allegedly throwing beef near a temple in a deliberate attempt to incite communal tension post Eid-ul-Zuha.”

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After Himanta's letter, Dhami orders probe into death of Assamese woman in Rishikesh

June 15, 2025 2:59 am

The Uttarakhand police had held that the death appeared to be a case of suicide. Hojai (25) from Assam’s Dima Hasao district had been found dead on the banks of the Ganga river in Rishikesh on Tuesday, five days after she was reported missing on June 6.