GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday took oath as an MLA on the first day of the new assembly. Protem Speaker Chandra Mohan Patowary administered the oath to Sarma for the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly.
Sarma took his oath in the Assamese language. Patowary said, “All the members can take an oath in any recognised language they wish to. They can submit their oath copies to the assembly office.”
After the CM, the other MLAs have started taking oath in different languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Bodo and Sanskrit.
