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First order of business as Himanta Biswa Sarma is sworn in again: Uniform Civil Code in Assam
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First order of business as Himanta Biswa Sarma is sworn in again: Uniform Civil Code in Assam

The Indian Express·Express News Service·19 days ago
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. (Image source: BJP) A day after being sworn in, the new Assam Cabinet in its first meeting Wednesday announced to table a proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) draft Bill before the newly elected state Assembly on May 26, besides rolling out a slew of austerity measures. BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in as Assam’s Chief Minister for the second consecutive term, along with four Cabinet ministers on Tuesday. The newly constituted Cabinet held its first meeting on Wednesday, after which Sarma announced that a session of the Assam Legislative Assembly will be held from May 21 to 26, during which the newly elected MLAs will take oath. “In the first meeting of the Cabinet, the party (BJP) manifesto has been adopted as the guiding principle for the government’s working for the next five years… On 26 May, the last day of the assembly, a Uniform Civil Code Bill will be presented in the House.…

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