First Mahanta ministry explained

Date Formed:24 December 1985
Date Dissolved:28 November 1990
Government Head:Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
State Head:Bhishma Narain Singh
Hari Dev Joshi
Anisetti Raghuvir
Devi Das Thakur
Political Party:
Opposition Party:Indian National Congress
Election:1985
Legislature Term:5 years
Predecessor:First Saikia Ministry
Successor:President's rule
State Head Title:Governor
Government Head Title:Chief Minister

The First Ministry of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was the Cabinet of Assam headed by Chief Minister of Assam Prafulla Kumar Mahanta that was formed after the 1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election.[1] [2] Mahanta became the youngest Chief Minister in India and was sworn in at the Nehru Stadium on 24 December 1985 by Governor Bhishma Narain Singh, the youngest Governor in India.[3] [4] [5] The first cabinet consisted of Mahanta along with 13 cabinet ministers and 7 ministers of state.[6] [7] The ministry was reshuffled in 1986 and 1988.[8] [9]

Ministers

!Name!Portfolio!Party
Cabinet Ministers
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Chief Minister
  • Personnel
  • Finance
  • Accord Implementation
  • Administration
  • Forest
  • Health
  • Election
  • Planning and Development
  • Cultural Affairs
  • Sports and Youth Welfare
  • Other departments not allotted specifically
AGP
Bhrigu Kumar Phukan
  • Home
  • Political
  • General Administration
  • Publicity
  • Jails
  • Printingand Stationery
  • Excise
  • Tourism
AGP
Lalit Chandra Rajkhowa
  • Food and Civil Supplies
  • Transport Corporation
  • Rural Development
AGP
Atul Bora
  • Public Works Department
  • Town and Country Planning
AGP
Brindaban Goswami
  • Education
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Environment
AGP
Thaneswar Boro
  • Revenue
  • Registration
  • Stamps
  • Relief
  • Rehabilitation
AGP
Bharat Narah
  • Flood Control
  • Irrigation
  • Welfare of Plains and Tribal Areas
AGP
Digen Bora
  • Industry
  • Power
  • Mines
  • Minerals
  • Public Health Engineering
AGP
Surendra Nath Medhi
  • Law
  • Justice
  • Legislative
  • Judicial
AGP
Nagen Sarma
  • Veterinary
  • Handloom
  • Textiles
  • Sericulture
  • Weaving
AGP
Bargi Prasad Telenga
  • Labour
  • Employment
AGP
Sahidul Alam Choudhury
  • Administration
  • Wagf Properties
  • Haj Committee
AGP
Chandra Arandhara
  • Panchayat and Community Development
AGP
Nilamoni Das
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
AGP
Ministers of State
Dipen Tanti
  • Transport and Labour
AGP
Pradip Gogoi
  • Parliamentary Affairs
AGP
Anirudha Singh Choudhury
  • Relief and Rehabilitation
  • Backward Classes
AGP
Rekha Rani Das Boro
  • Women
  • Social Welfare
  • Handloom
  • Textile
  • Sericulture
  • Weaving
AGP
Jatin Mali
  • Health
  • Family and Child Welfare
AGP
Padmeswar Doley
  • Industries
  • Power
  • Mines
  • Minerals
AGP
Moti Das
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
AGP

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006-05-13 . Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937 . 2023-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060513013923/http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html . 2006-05-13 .
  2. Web site: 2019-05-15 . Assam 1985 - Assam - Election Commission of India . 2023-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060853/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4000-assam-1985/ . 2019-05-15 .
  3. Web site: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 1985 ministers . 2018-11-05 . shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/.
  4. Book: Malhotra, G. C. . Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures . 2004 . Lok Sabha Secretariat . 978-81-200-0400-9 . en.
  5. Web site: Victory of Asom Gana Parishad ushers in new era of hope and change in Assam . 2023-04-15 . India Today . 15 January 1986 . en.
  6. Book: Asian Recorder . 1986 . en.
  7. Book: The Journal of Parliamentary Information . 1986 . Lok Sabha Secretariat . en.
  8. Book: Sainik Samachar . 1986 . Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence. . en.
  9. Web site: Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta reshuffles ministry . 2023-04-15 . India Today . 15 November 1988 . en.