Assam Assembly passes UCC Bill, CM Sarma calls it ‘most secular, uniform and progressive law’
With the passage of the proposed legislation, Assam has now emerged as the third state, after Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to pass a Uniform Civil Code Bill.
Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Assam for a second consecutive term, capping off the BJP-led NDA’s sweeping victory in the 2026 Assembly elections that delivered the alliance one of its strongest mandates in the Northeast.
The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Veterinary College ground in Khanapara, Guwahati, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Nitin Nabin, senior Union ministers and chief ministers and deputy chief ministers from several NDA-ruled states.
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The new government marks the NDA’s third consecutive term in Assam and comes after the alliance crossed the three-fourths majority mark in the 126-member Assembly. The BJP-led coalition, which includes the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), won 102 seats in the election.
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Alongside Sarma, four ministers were also sworn in. They are Rameswar Teli from the BJP, Atul Bora from the AGP, Charan Boro from the BPF and BJP leader Ajanta Neog. Senior BJP leader and former minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass has been named the NDA’s candidate for the Speaker’s post in the Assembly.
#WATCH | Guwahati: BJP’s 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
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— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2026
NDA’s Assam victory strengthens Sarma’s hold
The NDA’s performance in Assam has further strengthened Sarma’s position within the BJP after the chief minister registered a massive win from his constituency by a margin of more than 80,000 votes.
Addressing supporters after the result, Sarma credited Assam’s development push to the BJP’s “double-engine” government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership over the past decade.
#WATCH | Guwahati: BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as the Chief Minister of Assam for the second consecutive term at Veterinary College ground in Khanapara pic.twitter.com/K5sGEN7jVF
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2026
The BJP, AGP and BPF each played a significant role in the alliance’s performance, with AGP and BPF winning ten seats each.
Assam verdict signals changing political landscape
The 2026 Assam election was also seen as a sharply polarised contest between the BJP’s governance and development plank and the Congress’s ideological campaign.
Political observers described the verdict as a defining moment in the state’s politics, with voters moving away from fragmented regional and sectarian alignments and backing a clearer two-sided political contest.
With the NDA comfortably returning to power, the focus is now expected to shift towards cabinet expansion, governance priorities and the BJP’s long-term political roadmap in the Northeast.
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