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Pramod Boro takes oath as BTC CEM

Kokrajhar: UPPL chief Pramod Boro took oath as BTC Chief Executive Member along with 4 others as his executive member—2 from BJP and one from GSP on Monday.

Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah administered them oath of office and secrecy at a crowded rally at the Green Field in Kokrajhar where Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, a few of his cabinet ministers, state BJP president Ranjit Das and Tripura minister J Jamatiya.

Govinda Basumatary from UPPL took oath as Deputy CEM while Diganta Baruah and Gautam Das from BJP and Ghanashyam Das from GSP took the oath as Executive Members.       

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