That Assam is a pluralistic state was once again proved when the newly-elected Members of the 15th Assam Legislative Assembly on Friday took their oaths in several different languages.
The recovery of xatra lands, bringing a bill on the protection of cows, welcome to the unilateral ceasefire by the ULFA-I and the release of abducted ONGC employee Ritul Saikia etc were reflected in.
A former MLA from 2001 to 2006, Daimary represented the state in parliament as a BPF Rajya Sabha MP from 2008 to 2014 and then from 2014 to 2020 and was re-elected as BJP MP in the upper house in 2021
GUWAHATI: 50-year-old Bodo tribal leader Biswajit Daimary, who was elected as 21st speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly on Friday is a son of a farmer and a mahut, who washed glasses in a tea stall to help the family in his school days, a student leader and one of the architects of peace in Bodo heartland.
A former MLA from 2001 to 2006, Daimary represented the state in parliament as a BPF Rajya Sabha MP from 2008 to 2014 and then from 2014 to 2020 and was re-elected as BJP MP in the upper house in 2021. He resigned from Rajya Sabha to contest the assembly election on BJP ticket from Paneri constituency, which he won.
Assam Assembly passes bill to abolish state-run Madrassas, convert them into schools ANI | Updated: Dec 30, 2020 19:13 IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], December 30 (ANI): A bill, seeking to abolish all state-run Madrassas and transform them into regular schools, has been passed by Assam Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
Taking to Twitter, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed his happiness over the passage of the bill and said that all Madrassas being run under the government stand converted into regular educational institutes with effect on April 1, 2021. Glad that the Bill pertaining to repeal of Provincialisation of Madrassas has been passed, even as Assam Congress and AIUDF expectedly staged a walkout in Assembly. All Madrassas, being run under government, stand converted into regular educational institutes wef April 1, 2021, Sarma tweeted.