India, May 12 -- Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday took oath as the Assam chief minister for a second consecutive term in Guwahati.

The 57-year-old was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya at a ceremony held at the Khanapara Veterinary Ground in Guwahati.

Four other ministers, two from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rameshwar Teli and Ajanta Neog, and one each from Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), Atul Bora and Charan Boro, also took oath.

Teli is a former union minister and Neog the finance minister in the previous government. Bora is the president of AGP and a cabinet minister in the previous BJP-led governments. Boro was also part of the previous government.

The event...