Guwahati, June 5 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expanded his cabinet on Friday with 12 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) taking oath as the cabinet ministers in the third term of the Bharatiya Janata Party's State government.

Reacting to his induction into the Cabinet, State Cabinet Minister Ashok Singhal on Friday expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister and said the government would remain committed to fulfilling the promises made to the people of Assam.

"I am thankful to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for reposing faith in me again and inducting me as a minister in his second-term cabinet. We will leave no stone unturned to keep Assam safe," Singhal told ANI.

Highlighting the government's priorities, he sa...