Fourth Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry

Fourth Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry चतुर्थ तनिष्का पत्रनाबिश मंत्रीमंडल
15th Ministry of Friends Society
Date formed	7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)
Date dissolved	15 March 2019 (2019-03-15)
People and organisations
Head of state	Dhrubajyoti Roy
Head of government	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Member parties	Friends Society Secular Party   Friends Societal Congress
Status in legislature	Supermajority
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Election(s)	2019 March General Elections
Outgoing election	2018 November Presidential Elections
Predecessor	Seventh Dhrubajyoti Roy ministry
Successor	Fifth Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry

The Fourth Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry (Hindi: चतुर्थ तनिष्का पत्रनाबिश मंत्रीमंडल) was formed on 7 January 2019, following the 2018 presidential elections held in November 2018. Soon after the elections, the winning candidate and President Dhrubajyoti Roy appointed his rival candidate Tanishkaa Patranabish to be the Prime Minister under a semi-presidential mandate.

Government formation

Under the mandate, it was decided that Tanishkaa Patranabish shall be the Prime Minister as the Leader of the Friends Society Secular Party and the other members shall be the Friends Societal Congress. Former President Sarala Baishya was also inducted as a Cabinet Minister, despite of her demand for Deputy Prime Minister's position, eventually, she resigned along with five other ministers following which the Prime Minister tendered her resignation, and the President was forced to announce for new elections.

Composition

The council of ministers composed of ten ministers of cabinet rank including the Prime Minister, three ministers of state with independent charge while six ministers of state. All ministers took charge along with the Prime Minister on 7 January 2019 while on 13 March 2019, five ministers tendered their resignation from the ministry and were subsequently expelled from the Friends Societal Congress. These ministers include Sarala Baishya (cabinet minister), Jemina Hazarika, Rajia Hazarika, Harlong Terang, and Pranjit Kalita (all ministers of state). The resignation of the ministers would force the Prime Minister to lose her confidence and advice the President to call for national elections.

Cabinet ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Notes
Prime Minister Minister of Finance All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.	Tanishkaa Patranabish	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSSP
Minister of Home Affairs	Bishnu Chetry	7 January 2019	29 January 2019		FSC
	Tanishkaa Patranabish	29 January 2019	31 January 2019		FSSP	Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish temporarily over the portfolio due to the absence of Bishnu Chetry.
	Bishnu Chetry	1 February 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of External Affairs	Arnab Sil	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Law and Justice Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Sarala Baishya	7 January 2019	13 March 2019		FSC	Resigned on 13 March 2019.
Minister of Human Resource Development	Asmi Patranabis	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSSP
Minister of Defence Minister of Internal Security	Abhiraj Kar	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Cabinet Affairs	Tanishkaa Patranabish	7 January 2019	14 January 2019		FSSP
	Arnab Sil	14 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Culture	Anirban Phatowali	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Anirban Phatowali	7 January 2019	28 February 2019		FSC
	Bhargab Jyoti Medhi	28 February 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Planning	Manoj Chetry	7 January 2019	25 February 2019		FSC
	Anirban Phatowali	25 February 2019	28 February 2019		FSC	The portfolio was temporarily assigned to Anirban Phatowali due to the absence of Manoj Chetry.
	Manoj Chetry	28 February 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation	Manoj Chetry	7 January 2019	25 February 2019		FSC
	Anirban Phatowali	25 February 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs	Saikat Seal	7 January 2019	28 February 2019		FSC
	Bhargab Jyoti Medhi	28 February 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Art and Literature	Bhargab Jyoti Medhi	7 January 2019	28 February 2019		FSC
	Manoj Chetry	28 February 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Sanitation and Hygiene	Saikat Seal	7 January 2019	9 March 2019		FSC	The Ministry was merged with Ministry of Environment and Nature.
Minister of Environment and Nature	Jemina Hazarika	7 January 2019	28 February 2019		FSC	MoS (I/c) was responsible.
	Saikat Seal	28 February 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of Minority Affairs	Bhargab Jyoti Medhi	7 January 2019	28 February 2019		FSC

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Notes
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Regional and State Affairs	Sampriti Paul	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSSP
Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Prime Minister's Office	Bishakha Das	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Minority Affairs	Jemina Hazarika	28 February 2019	13 March 2019		FSC	Resigned on 13 March 2019.

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Notes
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence	Sampriti Paul	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSSP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture	Bishakha Das	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs	Jemina Hazarika	7 January 2019	13 March 2019		FSC	Resigned on 13 March 2019.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Internal Security	Abhirup Patranabis	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSSP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	Rajia Hazarika	7 January 2019	13 March 2019		FSC	Resigned on 13 March 2019.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs	Harlong Terang	7 January 2019	28 February 2019		FSC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Pranjit Kalita	7 January 2019	13 March 2019		FSC	Resigned on 13 March 2019.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning	Arpan Deka	7 January 2019	14 January 2019		FSC
	Jemina Hazarika	14 January 2019	28 February 2019		FSC
	Harlong Terang	28 February 2019	13 March 2019		FSC	Resigned on 13 March 2019.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs	Tusharjit Deka	7 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs	Arpan Deka	14 January 2019	17 March 2019		FSC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development	Pranjit Kalita	14 January 2019	13 March 2019		FSC	Resigned on 13 March 2019.