Tarun Gogoi, who steered Congress to a massive victory in the assembly elections, was on Friday sworn-in as the chief minister of Assam. Governor S K Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Gogoi at a function at Raj Bhavan.
Dressed in his characteristic spotless white khadi kurta-pyjama, the new chief minister took oath in the name of god in his mother-tongue Assamese.
Gogoi`s wife Dolly Gogoi and the newly elected legislators besides, party leaders, were present at the swearing in ceremony.
Bureau report