Reshuffle: Barman, Bora, Neog to look after education department

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has allocated the education portfolio to three ministers namely Dr Bhumidhar Barman, Gautam Bora and tourism minister Ajanta Neog.

According to information, Dr Barman will look after higher education while Bora and Neog will be holding the elementary and technical education portfolios respectively. Notably, the Chief Minister was holding the education portfolio after minister Ripun Bora was arrested by CBI on June 3 while he was trying to bribe a CBI official who was probing a murder case of Gohpur constituency. The chief minister dropped him from the cabinet soon after his arrest.