Second Mahanta ministry explained

Date Formed:	15 May 1996
Date Dissolved:	17 May 2001
Government Head:	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
State Head:	Lokanath Misra Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Political Parties:	AGP CPI IND
Election:	1996
Last Election:	2001
Legislature Term:	5 years
Predecessor:	Barman Ministry
Successor:	First Tarun Gogoi Ministry
Opposition Party:	Indian National Congress

The Second Ministry of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was the Cabinet of Assam headed by Chief Minister of Assam Prafulla Kumar Mahanta that was formed after the 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] The results of the election were announced on 22 April 1996 and this led to the formation of the 10th Assam Legislative Assembly. Mahanta, along with his council of ministers, was sworn in as Chief Minister on 15 May 1996.^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Ministers

!Name!Constituency!Portfolio!Party
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Chief Minister	Barhampur	Home Finance General Administration Any departments not allocated to others	AGP
Cabinet Ministers
Atul Bora	Dispur	Public Works	AGP
Nagen Sarma	Nalbari	Forest	AGP
Pradip Hazarika	Amguri	Transport	AGP
Sahidul Alam Choudhury	Algapur	Panchayat Rural development	AGP
Digen Bora	Batadroba	Food and Civil supplies	AGP
Thaneswar Bora	Rangiya	Higher Education	AGP
Promode Gogoi	Sibasagar	Flood control	CPI
Jatin Mali	Palasbari	Elementary Education	AGP
Abdul Muhib Mazumder	Hailakandi	Irrigation	IND
Phani Bhusan Choudhury	Bongaigaon	Labour and Employment	AGP
Biraj Kumar Sarma	Gauhati East	Municipal Administration	AGP
Surendra Nath Medhi	Bhabanipur	Veterinary	AGP
Zoii Nath Sarmah	Sipajhar	Revenue	AGP
Chandra Mohan Patowary	Dharmapur	Agriculture	AGP
Gunin Hazarika	Kaliabor	Industry	AGP
Kamala Kanta Kalita	Chaygaon	Health	AGP
Rekha Rani Das Boro	Barama	Social Welfare	AGP
Ministers of State
Utpal Dutta	Lakhimpur	Social Welfare Mines Minerals	AGP
Ramendra Narayan Kalita	Gauhati West	Sericulture	AGP
Abdul Rouf	Jania	Science Technology	UMF
Akon Rabha	Dudhnai	Soil Conservation	AGP
Abdul Jabbar	Dalgaon	Char areas development Wakf Board	AGP
Hiranya Konwar	Mahmara	Veterinary Animal Husbandry	AGP
Bulbul Das	Jagiroad	Fisheries	AGP
Rajendra Mushahary	Gossaigaon	Plains tribes	AGP
Bhaben Baruah	Chabua	Health Family welfare	AGP
Joseph Toppo	Dhekiajuli	Labour Employment	AGP

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