First Tarun Gogoi ministry

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First Tarun Gogoi ministry
Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4886.JPG
Date formed17 May 2001
Date dissolved21 May 2006
People and organisations
Head of state Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Arvind Dave
Ajai Singh
Head of government Tarun Gogoi
Member party
Opposition party
History
Election 2001
Outgoing election 2006
Legislature term5 years
Predecessor Second Mahanta Ministry
Successor Tarun Gogoi Ministry (2006-2011)

Tarun Gogoi constituted his first ministry and became the 13th Chief Minister of Assam on 17 May 2001. [1] [2] Following the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Gogoi became Chief Minister succeeding AGP chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. There were 12 cabinet ministers and 4 ministers of state in the ministry.

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Gogoi along with his cabinet was sworn in by governor Srinivas Kumar Sinha, succeeding Prafulla Kumar Mahanta as Chief Minister of Assam on 18 May 2001. [3] The hour-long ceremony took place at Raj Bhavan at 14:00. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and Bhubaneswar Kalita, who challenged Gogoi's claim to become Chief Minister in the wake of the election results, both did not attend the ceremony. No BJP or AGP legislators attended the ceremony either. [1] Among those who attended were Congress General Secretary in charge of Assam Kamal Nath, AICC member Jagdish Tytler and several congress MPs from Assam.

The cabinet had two female ministers, including Hemoprova Saikia who was the wife of former Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia. The cabinet also included former Chief Minister of Assam Bhumidhar Barman. 10 of the 17 ministers were ministers in previous congress governments in Assam. Gogoi stated that he held out hope for the newly elected MLAs, and stated that he would carry out an expansion of the ministry in a month. The expansion took place on 7 June 2002. [1] [2] The expansion included several newly elected MLAs including Robin Bordoloi, son of the first Chief Minister of Assam Gopinath Bordoloi, and Himanta Biswa Sarma who is the current Chief Minister of Assam.

Gogoi with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajapayee in New Delhi on 12 December 2003 The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajapayee meets the Chief Minister of Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi alongwith ' Satra Dhikars' of Majuli in New Delhi on December 12, 2003.jpg
Gogoi with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajapayee in New Delhi on 12 December 2003

During the ministry self employment schemes to counter terrorism, the Police Commission for smooth functioning of administration of State, the Chief Vigilance Commission to prevent corruption and the right to information bill were all established. [2]

Cabinet Ministers

NameConstituencyPortfolioParty
Tarun Gogoi

Chief Minister

Titabar Chief Minister INC
Cabinet Ministers
Bhumidhar Barman Barkhetry
  • Panchayat
  • Rural Development
  • Health
  • Family Welfare
INC
Sarat Barkotoky Sonari
  • PWD
  • Excise
  • Housing, Town and Country Planning
INC
Ardhendhu Kumar Dey Hojai
  • Food
  • Civil Supplies
  • Agriculture
INC
Rameswar Dhanowar Digboi
  • Labour
  • Employment
INC
Dinesh Prasad Goala Lakhipur
  • Public Health Engineering
  • Assam Urban Water Supply
  • Sewerage Board
INC
Ismail Hussain Barpeta
  • Char Area Development
  • Soil Conservation
  • Political Department
  • (Wakf Board, Haj Committee only) Public Enterprise
INC
Devanand Konwar Thowra
  • Finance
  • Revenue
  • Power
INC
Gobinda Chandra Langthasa Haflong
  • Forest
  • Social Forestry
  • Hills Area Development
  • Mines
  • Minerals
INC
Bharat Chandra Narah Dhakuakhana
  • Flood Control
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Cooperation
INC
Hemprakash Narayan Dergaon
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Veterinary
  • Assam Accord Department
INC
Gautam Roy Katlicherra
  • Social Welfare
  • Sports and Youth Welfare
INC
Hemoprova Saikia Nazira
  • Textiles
  • Handloom
INC
NameConstituencyParty
Ministers of State
Anjan Dutta Amguri INC
Pradyut Bordoloi Margherita INC
Rupam Kurmi Mariani INC
Nazibul Umar Dhubri INC

2002 Expansion

On 7 June 2002, Gogoi expanded his ministry by including some new ministers. The previous ministers stayed as ministers apart from some ministers of state who were promoted. [2]

NameConstituencyParty
Tarun Gogoi

Chief Minister

Titabar INC
Cabinet Ministers
Mithius Tudu Gossaigaon INC
Bhubaneswar Kalita Rangiya INC
Rupam Kurmi Mariani INC
Anjan Dutta Amguri INC
Nurjamal Sarkar Biswanath INC
Nazrul Islam Mankachar INC
Pankaj Bora Gauhati East INC
Ministers of State (Independent charge)
Ripun Bora Gohpur INC
Misbahul Islam Laskar Barkhola INC
Robin Bordoloi Dispur INC
Wazed Ali Choudhury Salmara South INC
Pradyut Bordoloi Margherita INC
Ministers of State
Himanta Biswa Sarma Jalukabri INC
Atuwa Munda Tingkhong INC
Pranati Phukan Naharkatia INC
Rakibul Hussain Samaguri INC
Ruponsing Ronghang Baithalangso INC
Sukur Ali Ahmed Chenga INC
Nilamani Sen Deka Dharmapur INC

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