EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH SPREAD OF COVID-19 NE ’S 15TH AIRPORT JADEJA REMAINS THE Max 33°c under control in becomes operational, goto all-rounder Min 21°c Karbi Anglong P4 caters to Bengal, Bhutan P9 for India P10 Humidity 76% VOL XII, ISSUE 354 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `9 MONDAY, MAY 10, 2021 NEW GOVT TO TAKE OATH TODAY NOON AT KALAKSHETRA AUDITORIUM HIMANTA REPLACERS SONOWAL AS 15th CM AGENCIES elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party earlier in the GUWAHATI: The BJP’s lead day, paving way for him to be- Sarma, Sonowal meet Guv, strategist in northeastern come ’s next chief min- states and senior leader Him- ister replacing Sarbananda anta Biswa Sarma, who was Sonowal. stake claim for govt formation on Sunday elected as the lead- The Assam State Disaster er of the newly elected MLAs Management Authority in an AGENCIES of the party, will take charge order stated, “The State Dis- as the 15th of aster Management Authority, GUWAHATI: BJP leaders – Him- Assam on Monday. Assam, hereby allows holding anta Biswa Sarma and Sarba- The Bharatiya of the swearing in ceremonies nanda Sonowal on Sunday af- has returned to power in As- and functions as statutorily ternoon met Assam Governor sam for a second consecutive mandated subject to obser- and staked term after winning the recent- vance of COVID-19 protocols claim for Government forma- ly held three-phase elections and COVID appropriate be- tion in the State. to the 126-member state As- havious by all during the cer- Other top leaders of the sembly. emony/function.” NDA partners including AGP BJP sources said that Sar- The ceremony will be or- president , UPPL ma, who has already received Chief minister-designate is being felicitated soon after named as lead of the BJP legislature ganized by the Government president Pramod Boro were NDA legislatures meet the governor on Sunday afternoon. the support of the two allies party on Sunday. of Assam at International Au- also present in the meeting submitted his resignation as the State. The new Himanta of “Mitrajot” -- Asom Gana with Himanta Biswa Sarma as Himanta Biswa Sarma, chief (NEDA), said on Sunday that ditorium of Srimanta Sankar- with the Governor at Raj Bha- Assam Chief Minister to Gov- Biswa Sarma-led Assam Cabi- Parishad (AGP) and United chief minister will take oath minister-designate and the the state’s new cabinet will dev Kalakshetra, Panjabari in wan in Guwahati. ernor Jagdish Mukhi, paving net will take oath on Monday. People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), on Monday with adherence convenor of the BJP-led North take oath at 12 noon on Mon- Guwahati. Union agricultural Earlier on Sunday morn- way for Himanta Biswa Sar- BJP strongman in the Assam’s new government to all COVID-19 protocols. East Democratic Alliance day. Sarma was unanimously minister and central ... Pg 5 ing, ma to become the new CM of Northeast, ... Pg5 SPOTLIGHT 7 designated Sonowal will remain 4,092 SUCCUMB TO THE VIRUS ACROSS INDIA lockdown Country needs cremation Record over four lakh Covid extended by breath, not PM’s grounds for my leader always: HBS another week residence: RaGa AGENCIES th cases for 4 consecutive day : The ongoing lock- NEW DELHI: Hitting out at Covid deaths GUWAHATI: “He has been out down in Delhi will be extended the Centre for continuing GUWAHATI: Kamrup (M) DC de- Neta (leader) and he will be AGENCIES have recuperated from the for another week up to May 17 the construction work for clares 7 Designated Cremation our leader in the future too,” disease surged to 1,83,17,404 morning and Metro train ser- the Central Vista redevel- Grounds for COVID deaths said Assam’s next chief min- NEW DELHI: India recorded with 3,86,444 patients recov- vices will be halted during the opment project amid the :- As the fatalities due to COV- ister Himanta Biswa Sarma 4,03,738 fresh COVID-19 cases ering in a day, while the case period, Chief Minister Arvind raging COVID-19 pandemic, ID-19 are increasing in the on Sunday as he was chosen in a day, which pushed the fatality rate was recorded at Kejriwal said on Sunday. Congress leader Rahul Gan- state, the Kamrup (M) district to lead the NDA alliance pav- tally to 2,22,96,414, according 1.09 per cent, the data stated. He said although COVID-19 dhi on Sunday said the coun- commissioner on Saturday ing his way to take charge of to the Union health ministry India’s COVID-19 tally had cases have come down in the try needs breath and not the has declared seven designated . lifting the Assamese commu- data updated on Sunday. crossed the 20-lakh mark on last few days, but any slack- prime minister’s residence. cremation grounds for smooth Terming Sonowal as a big nity throughout the last five The death toll climbed August 7, 30 lakh on August ness would squander the gains The redevelopment project disposal of bodies. brother, Sarma applauded the years have inspired me every to 2,42,362 with 4,092 daily 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and achieved so far in the current of the Central Vista -- the The cremation grounds de- outgoing chief minister and time. The way he had trusted deaths, the data updated at 8 50 lakh on September 16. wave of the pandemic. power corridor of the coun- clared as the Designated Cre- said that it was under his able and entrusted me with respon- am showed. It went past 60 lakh on Sep- The Delhi government had try -- envisages a new trian- mation Gounds are: Ulubari leadership that Sarma had sibilities, was no short of a Registering a steady in- tember 28, 70 lakh on October been forced to impose lock- gular Parliament building, Electrical Crematorium, Ba- learnt the lessons of politics of lesson for me. I learned how to crease, the active cases have national COVID-19 recovery 11, crossed 80 lakh on Octo- down amid a steep rise in a common Central Secre- sistha Bhootnath Cremation ‘high moral value’. love serving the people of the increased to 37,36,648, com- rate was recorded at 82.15 per ber 29, 90 lakh on November COVID-19 cases on April 20. tariat, the revamping of the Ground in Basistha, Bogthuli “Sonowal’s way of politics state and to work for all com- prising 16.76 per cent of the cent. 20 and surpassed the 1-crore Although, the cases have come three-km-long Rajpath from Cremation Ground ... Pg 5 and the way he served for up- munities across ... Pg 5 total infections, while the The number of people who mark on December 19. Pg5 down and positivity ... Pg5 the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate and ... Pg 5 TELLS Assam TEs witness 400 retired doctors Wishes pour in for of armed forces Exempting vax from GST will massive Covid spike Assam’s next CM AGERNCIES and .The AGENCIES state chief minister, in BJP’s North Eastern Tea Associ- to be recruited legislature party meeting lead to price increase: FM GUWAHATI: The tea gardens in ation (NETA) has urged the NEW DELHI: The Ministry of GUWAHATI: Showers of bless- Sarma’s name was proposed AGENCIES ers would not be able to offset upper Assam have witnessed state government to urgently Defence on Subday approved ings and good wishes poured by outgoing chief minister their input taxes and would a massive spike in Covid-19 organize vaccination camps the temporary recruitment in from all corners for the Sarbananda Sonowal and NEW DELHI: Union Finance pass them on to the end con- positive cases during the one in the tea estates. of retired doctors of the newly elected legislative par- was selected unanimously. Minister Nirmala Sithara- sumer/citizen by increasing last week. In a letter to the Principal armed forces to meet the ris- ty leader of Assam and Chief Meanwhile, opposition man on May 9 responded to the price,” she tweeted. Over 500 workers in tea Secretary, Health and Fami- ing requirement in view of Minister Himanta Biswa leaders from the Congress West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee, in her letter ad- gardens have been infected ly Welfare Department, and the rising Covid cases. “The Sarma on Sunday. and AIUDF parties have ex- Mamata Banerjee’s letter dressed to Prime Minister by the deadly virus, health in separate letters to all the Ministry of Defence has is- It’s a dream come true mo- tended their heartfelt greet- seeking waiver of taxes on , sought a officials said. According to 34 Deputy Commissioners, sued an order to Directorate ment for Himanta Biswa Sar- ings to the newly elected COVID-19-related drugs and waiver on the GST levied on the officials, till Saturday, at NETA has requested to pro- General Armed Forces Med- ma, as he will be taking oath Chief Minister of Assam. medical equipment. Such a oxygen cylinders, along with least 503 tea garden workers tect the tea garden popula- ical Services (DG AFMS) as the next Chief Minister of Taking to , Assam move, explained Sitharaman, the exemption of other med- at many estates in 14 dis- tion from the second wave of for recruitment of Ex-Army Assam on Monday. Pradesh Congress Com- would be “counterproduc- ical equipment and drugs re- tricts have tested positive for the pandemic by organizing Medical Corps (AMC)/Short On Sunday, a week later mittee (APCC) president, tive” and lead to an increase quired in COVID-19 treatment the infection. vaccination camps urgently Service Commission (SSC) since the Assam Assembly Ripun Bora said, “With the in prices as the manufactur- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman from custom duties and other These districts are — Di- in the tea gardens. NETA ad- medical officers. Under the results were out on May 2, announcement of the new ers would not be able to offset to increase the prices of an- taxes. The GST on vaccines is brugarh, Biswanath, Na- viser Bidyananda Barkakoty ‘Tour of Duty’ scheme, 400 Sarma was named as the next Chief Minister of Assam. their input costs. ti-COVID jabs, Sitharaman charged at 5 percent, and a tax gaon, Sonitpur, Golaghat, said that two tea estates in ex-AMC/SSC medical of- Assam chief minister. On Many congratulations to The Centre is not in favour said. “If full exemption from rate of 12 percent is levied on Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Udal- district have been ficers, released between 2017 Sunday, clearing all doubts @himantabiswa on being of waiving the GST on vac- GST (Goods and Service Tax) domestic supplies and com- guri, Charaideo, Kamrup declared containment zones, and 2021, are expected to be on who will become the next elected as ... Pg 5 cines as the move is expected is given, vaccine manufactur- mercial imports... Pg 5 (Metro), Baksa, Darang, recently. Pg 5 recruited on contract... Pg 5 Nurse in Jaipur Former Assam two others top Mizo body extends hospital arrested BJP president financial aid to Covid anxiety deepens in vax wastage Myanmar refugees for taking bribe dies of Covid AGENCIES with reports of highest 22.74 per cent wastage reported in CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE among BJP, RSS ranks JAIPUR: Amid escalating Cov- CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI: Lakshadweep, Lakshadweep till 8 a.m. on id crisis, ICU beds are alleg- and Assam for the Sunday. The Union Territory AGARTALA: The Jampui hill AGENCIES see more “effort and achieve- High Courts and, the Supreme edly being sold off for hefty AGARTALA: Former BJP pres- second consecutive day on reportedly wasted 22 per cent Mizo convention extending ment” to feel some “reassur- Court, too, have turned the bribes at RUHS Hospital in ident of Tripura Pradesh Sunday maintained their po- Covid vaccines till Saturday 8 financial assistance to the NEW DELHI: For the first time ance”. To that effect, there are screws on the Centre. Jaipur, the biggest facility in Nilmani Deb breathed his last sition among top 10 states for a.m. persecution stricken Myan- since the Modi government also voices in the party and A leading media house . The Anti-Corrup- due to Covid related health the maximum loss of Covid After Lakshadweep, Har- mar refugees donated Rs 1 came to power in 2014, senior the RSS speculating on the spoke to some Union minis- tion Bureau of Rajasthan ar- complications on Saturday vaccines amid the crisis when yana accounts for the second lakh to help them survive the Union ministers and top func- need for the government to ters and several functionaries rested a male nurse deputed late evening. Deb served as the country is passing through highest state with wastage of humanitarian crisis they are tionaries in the BJP and the “revamp its team” so that it in the BJP and the RSS to get a at Metro Mass Hospital after the president of Tripura BJP a shortage of the medicine nec- 6.65 per cent Covid vaccines undergoing. General Secre- RSS are on the defensive and can deliver. sense of how the national anx- he was caught red-handed for two terms and during the essary to keep people safe from followed by Assam (6.07 per tary of the organization, Dr unsure of how — or even what A fortnight after Prime Min- iety is echoing in the corridors while taking Rs 23000 from 2008 assembly elections of the the deadly virus. cent), Ministry of Health and Zairemthiama Pachuau felt — to communicate to the peo- ister Narendra Modi’s address of power. The most common the family of a Covid patient state he led the party from the Amidst increasing Cov- Family Welfare’s (MoHFW) the military takeover “illegal” ple as the second Covid curve to the nation, the Centre’s re- refrain is that this was “sud- on Saturday. The accused, front. He lost his battle with id-19 vaccine demands in the latest data said. Rajasthan has and thus their organization rages across the country. sponse trails way behind the den” and “unexpected.” When identified as Ashok Kumar Covid at GBP hospital Agar- country, wastage of the key reported 5.50 per cent wastage was helping the Myanmarese Yet, there is a consensus curve, which shows few signs told that the uptick began in Gurjar, had allegedly collud- tala at around 9:00 pm in the injection has been a matter of of Covid vaccine, Punjab re- refugees who took shelter in that “fear has touched each of a let-up. On the most press- Mumbai mid-February and all ed with two doctors at RUHS evening. Pg 5 concern for the government ports 5.05 per cent ... Pg 5 India. Pg 5 family” and people need to ing issue of oxygen, a series of warning signs — from... Pg 5 and had also demanded Rs 2 lakh to secure an ICU bed for a female patient. Pg 5 Story of Hope: From student body to chief minister: Long journey for Sarma BJP MLA recommends cow 103-year-old AGENCIES THE REAL POLITICAL JOURNEY (OF HIMANTA BISWA SARMA) Congress. That paid dividends BEGAN IN THE MID-’90S WHEN CONGRESS’S THEN CHIEF years after his death, when Mr urine to stop spread of Covid GUWAHATI: Himanta Biswa Sarma beat his political men- man, toddler beat Sarma, 52, will succeed Sar- MINISTER -- CONSIDERED THE CRAFTIEST tor in Jaluk- AGENCIES this every day in the morn- PALGHAR: A 103-year-old man bananda Sonowal as the 15th CM THE STATE HAS EVER HAD - BROUGHT HIM INTO THE bari constituency. ing and despite working for from Palghar in Mahar- Chief Minister of Assam after CONGRESS. THAT PAID DIVIDENDS YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, He won from this constit- BALIA (UP): As Covid-19 cas- 18 hours a day for the people, ashtra has recovered from the BJP-led alliance won with uency in 2006, 2011 and 2016. es continue to surge across I am healthy. I want to appeal COVID-19 despite being in a landslide of 78 seats in the WHEN MR SARMA BEAT HIS POLITICAL MENTOR BHRIGU This year, he won with a India, a Bharatiya Janata to the people to include this the vulnerable age group, assembly elections, the results PHUKAN IN JALUKBARI CONSTITUENCY. margin of more than one lakh Party (BJP) MLA from Uttar in their everyday routine,” officials said on Sunday. of which was declared on May votes. Pradesh has claimed that said Singh. Shamrao Ingle, a native of 2. The BJP alone had won 60 that started at the All Assam face of regionalism in the state In the Congress, he became drinking cow urine ‘gau- He said two to three cap- Virendra Nagar area here, seats. Students’ Union. He was the and Bhrigu Kumar Phukan then Chief Minister Tarun mutra’ has protected him fuls of it should be mixed in was admitted to a rural Mr Sarma, who held impor- General Secretary at the pres- of the , Gogoi’s “blue-eyed-boy” and from coronavirus and also a glass of water and should COVID-19 hospital in Pal- tant portfolios such as Health, tigious Cotton College Union formed after the signing of the handled multiple portfolios. called on people to drink the then be consumed. ghar after he contracted the Finance, Education and PWD Society in 1991-1992 while pur- 1985. But they had a fall-out in same to defeat the deadly dis- “Don’t consume anything infection. He was discharged and Mr Sonowal, a former Un- suing a masters’ degree in Po- But for him, the real po- 2013 after decid- ease. BJP MLA from Ballia Surendra Singh. for half an hour,” he added. on Saturday after recov- ion Minister dubbed “Jatiya litical Science. litical journey began in the ed to project his son Gaurav Surendra Singh, BJP MLA en. While appealing to people The BJP MLA stated that ering from the disease, a Nayak” in the state -- were the Being in AASU that once mid-’90s when Congress’s Gogoi, narrowing Mr Sarma’s from Bairia in Ballia district, to consume cow urine, he whether or not he believes spokesperson of the district frontrunners for the post. spearheaded the Assam Agi- then Chief Minister Hiteswar ambition of succeeding him put up a video of himself himself gulped it down. in science, he completely collectorate said in a release. For Mr Sarma, the state’s tation - from 1979 to 1985 -- Mr Saikia -- considered the craft- to the top job. Finally, after a drinking cow urine. Singh He also recommended peo- trusts cow urine. Singh also According to doctors at the top job is a culmination of Sarma grew closer to Prafulla iest CM the state has ever two-year-long dissidence, Mr demonstrated how exactly ple to drink ‘cow urine’ with claimed that not just against hospital, the elderly ... Pg 5 a long and arduous journey Kumar Mahanta, who was the had - brought him into the Sarma walked out ... Pg 5 the cow urine should be tak- a glass of cold water. “I drink Covid-19, cow urine ... Pg 5