Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal with his colleagues at a Cabinet Meeting at Assam Secretariat in Guwahati on Monday. (PTI Photo) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal with his colleagues at a Cabinet Meeting at Assam Secretariat in Guwahati on Monday. Chief Minister Sonowal had won from the Majuli LAC by a margin of over 18,900 votes in a four-cornered contest. The Sonowal cabinet also approved Human Development Report 2014, according to which 77 per cent of the state’s population were not satisfied with the governance provided to them. (PTI Photo)One month after the people of Majuli LAC elected BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal to the state assembly – and who subsequently became chief minister of Assam – the island in the Brahmaputra was on Monday declared a district.

Source: Indian Express June 27, 2016 14:15 UTC