Himanta Biswa Sarma

Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Assam. A former member of the INC, Sarma joined BJP on 23 August 2015. He is an MLA from Jalukbari constituency in Assam. He was elected as MLA from 2001 till 2015 as a member of INC and from May 2016 as a member of BJP. 
Sarma won the 2016 Assembly elections and was sworn in as Cabinet Minister on 24 May 2016. The BJP leadership appointed him the convener of the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) of which the main objective is an all-round development of the North East and better coordination among the states and Centre, according to Ram Madhav, National General Secretary of BJP. He is often lovingly called 'Mama' (meaning maternal uncle) by Assamese youth.
Personal life.
Sarma was born on 1 February 1969 in Jorhat 
to Kailash Nath Sarma and Mrinalini Devi. Sarma passed his Schooling from Kamrup Academy School, Guwahati in 1985 and joined Cotton College, Guwahati for further studies. He was general secretary (GS) of Cotton college Student's Union from 1991 to 1992. He did his graduation in 1990 and post graduation in 1992 in political science from the Cotton College, Guwahati. Sarma did LLB From Government Law College, Guwahati and obtained PhD degree from Gauhati University. He was practicing law at Gauhati High Court from 1996 to 2001. Sarma married Riniki Bhuyan Sarma on 7 June 2001, with whom he has a son, Nandil Biswa Sarma, who attended the all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, The Doon School, and a daughter, Sukanya Sarma.
Political career.
Indian National Congress.
Sarma was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Jalukbari for the first time in 2001 when he defeated Asom Gana Parishad leader Bhrigu Kumar Phukan. He was re-elected in 2006, then in 2011 for a third consecutive term, with a 78,000 vote margin. Sarma held important portfolios (both state and cabinet) as Minister of State for Agriculture, Planning & Development, Finance, Health, Education, and Assam Accord Implementation from 2002 to 2014.
He was made Cabinet Minister for Health in 2006, and in 2011 he was also entrusted with the additional charge of Education. During his tenure, three Medical colleges in Jorhat, Barpeta and Tezpur were built. He also initiated work for five more medical colleges in Diphu, Nagaon, Dhubri, North Lakhimpur and Kokrajhar, which are now in various stages of implementation.
The Government of India, in its various annual reports, had pointed out the achievements of the Health and Education departments of Assam. 
During his tenure more than 50,000 teachers were appointed for the first time through TET after he abolished the interview system.
Bharatiya Janata Party.
After political disagreements with the former chief minister Tarun Gogoi, Sarma resigned from all positions on 21 July 2014. He was the MLA of the Jalukbari constituency until his resignation from the Assembly on 15 September 2015. Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2015 at the residence of Amit Shah at New Delhi. He was appointed as the party's Convener of the Election Management Committee for the upcoming Assembly Elections in the state. In May 2016, Sarma won the Jalukbari constituency for the fourth consecutive term and was sworn in as Cabinet Minister on 24 May in Sonowal ministry, in the first BJP Government in North East India. He was allotted portfolios like Finance, Health & Family Welfare, Education, Planning & Development, Tourism, Pension & Public Grievances. 
Chief Minister of Assam.
On 10 May 2021, Sarma sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam, succeeding his colleague Sarbananda Sonowal.
Sport administrator.
On 23 April 2017, Sarma was unanimously elected as President of Badminton Association of India. Sarma has been the president of the Assam Badminton Association. He also became the president of the Assam Cricket Association in June 2016 when his party man Pradip Buragohain became the secretary. Sarma was also the longest-serving vice president of the association serving from 2002 to 2016.
Controversy.
In November 2020, Biswa posted on social media, falsely claiming that supporters of AIUDF politician Badruddin Ajmal had shouted slogans in support of Pakistan to greet him, on his arrival at Silchar airport. Biswa's claim was reiterated by Assamese news channel, News Live, which is owned by Biswa's wife, and then also confirmed by several news channels and newspapers, including Times Now, CNN News18, and "The New Indian Express." Biswa's posts were flagged by Facebook as misinformation and blocked from being shared, after independent third-party fact-checkers examined videos of the event, and demonstrated that the slogans shouted had consisted of the names of political leaders and not in support of Pakistan. Guwahati Police have since registered a First Information Report against Biswa and are investigating him "promoting enmity" between groups of persons, which is an offence under the Indian Penal Code, as well as for offences under the Information Technology Act. . Sarma was arrested by Chandmari police station on March 28, 1991 under UAP(A) Act and TADA Act in connection with Chandmari Police staion case number 77/1991 and later arrested by Panbazar police station in connection with Panbazar police station case number 55/1991 . But case diaries of both the cases mysteriously lost and reconstructed diaries failed to substantiate case against him and later aquitted by the court in absence of the original case diary.Along with his alleged involvement in multi crore Louis berger scam , Saradha Scam Sarma often in spotlight for his alleged involvement in Manabendra Sarma murder case which were registered at Chandmari and Panbazar police station .Activist and chief of Raijor dal Akhil Gogoi and Former Chief Minister Prafulla Mahanta frequently cited that Sarma allegedly destryoed the case diaries .. . . .