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Sonowal ministry
21st Ministry of Assam
Sarbananda Sonowal, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam
Date formed	24 May 2016
Date dissolved	10 May 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Padmanabha Acharya (until 17 August 2016) Banwarilal Purohit (22 August 2016 till 29 September 2017) Jagdish Mukhi (from 10 October 2017)
Head of government	Sarbananda Sonowal
Member parties	National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party Asom Gana Parishad Bodoland People's Front
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
Opposition leader	Debabrata Saikia
History
Election	2016
Outgoing election	2021
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Third Tarun Gogoi Ministry
Successor	Himanta Biswa Sarma ministry

The Sonowal ministry was the state ministry of Assam headed by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal from 2016 till 2021. The ministry was formed on 24 May 2016 on the aftermath of the 2016 legislative assembly election which resulted in the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging as the majority party.

Composition

At the time of its formation in May 2016, the cabinet consisted of chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, eight ministers of cabinet rank and two ministers of state (independent charge). The cabinet ministers were Himanta Biswa Sarma, Parimal Suklabaidya, Chandra Mohan Patowary and Ranjit Dutta (all from Bharatiya Janata Party), Pramila Rani Brahma and Rihon Daimary (both from Bodoland People's Front) and Atul Bora and Keshab Mahanta (from the Asom Gana Parishad). The ministers of state were Naba Kumar Doley and Pallab Lochan Das, both from BJP.

The ministry was expanded on 26 April 2018 with the induction of three cabinet ministers - Siddhartha Bhattacharya and Sum Ronghang (BJP), Phani Bhusan Choudhury (AGP) and Chandan Brahma (BPF). Three BJP MLAs were inducted as ministers of state (independent charge), namely Bhabesh Kalita, Pijush Hazarika and Topon Kumar Gogoi. Two ministers of state Pallab Lochan Das and Topon Kumar Gogoi were elected to the 17th Lok Sabha and resigned from their positions on 4 June 2019.

The cabinet was expanded on 18 January 2020 with the induction of two BJP MLAs Jogen Mohan and Sanjoy Kishan as ministers of state (independent charge). Cabinet Minister Chandan Brahma resigned from the cabinet on 7 March 2021 after joining the Indian National Congress prior to the election.

Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Minister of State

References

1. "Sarbananda Sonowal's swearing-in Live: BJP's first Chief Minister in Assam | the Financial Express". Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
2. "Assam CM Sonowal expands cabinet after two years, inducts seven new ministers". 26 April 2018.
3. "Assam cabinet expansion: 2 BJP MLAs sworn in as ministers".

• Assam ministries
• Bharatiya Janata Party state ministries
• Asom Gana Parishad
• Bodoland People's Front
• 2016 in Indian politics
• 2016 establishments in Assam
• Cabinets established in 2016