Sixth Varuna Sriraya ministry

Sixth Varuna Sriraya ministry छठा वरुण श्रीराय मंत्रिमंडल
12th Ministry of Friends Society
Date formed	22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)
Date dissolved	13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)
People and organisations
Head of state	Anoushkaa Patranabish
Head of government	Varuna Sriraya
Deputy head of government	Tanishkaa Patranabish & Asmi Patranabis
No. of ministers	16
Member parties	Friends Societal Congress   Friends Society Secular Party
Status in legislature	Unity government
Opposition leader	None
History
Election(s)	2018
Predecessor	Fifth Varuna Sriraya ministry
Successor	Third Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry

The Sixth Varuna Sriraya ministry was formed immediately after the March 2018 General Elections which have a clear mandate for the Friends Societal Congress. Pre-poll merger of the Friends Society Freedom Party into the FSC and post-poll merger of the Friends Society Independent Party strengthened the party's image.

Background

The Friends Societal Congress led by Varuna Sriraya was able to secure a majority in the elections, however the Friends Society Secular Party decided to support the government and eventually join the government.

Government Formation

Immediately after the declaration of the results, the Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya and Deputy Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish met the President and tender their resignation, in order to form a new government. The President gave the Leader of the Friends Societal Congress Varuna Sriraya to form the government. Soon after, both the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister were sworn in by the President.

File:Varuna Sriraya taking oath as Prime Minister on 21 March 2018.jpg

Varuna Sriraya being administered the oath as the Prime Minister for the sixth time by the President Anoushkaa Patranabish on 21 March 2018.

Composition

Cabinet Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister Minister of Home Affairs Minister of Art and Literature And also in-charge of all other important portfolios and policy issues not allocated to any other minister.	Varuna Sriraya	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance	Tanishkaa Patranabish	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSSP
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Asmi Patranabis	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSSP
Minister of External Affairs	Arnab Sil	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Minister of Culture Minister of Regional and State Affairs	Abhiraj Kar	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Minister of Law and Justice Minister of Human Resource Development	Bishnu Chetry	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Anirban Phatowali	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs	Saikat Seal	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation	Sampriti Paul	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSSP

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sanitation and Hygiene	Abhisekh Jha	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSSP
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Planning	Manoj Chetry	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Cabinet Affairs	Jemina Hazarika	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Prime Minister's Office	Bishakha Das	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance	Bishakha Das	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs	Tusharjit Deka	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSSP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development	Arpan Deka	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSSP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture	Debika Deka Pator Sarma	21 March 2018	13 May 2018		FSSP

Outgoing ministers

The following were a part of the Fifth Varuna Sriraya ministry but were not included in the Sixth Varuna Sriraya ministry. These includes:

• Bhargab Jyoti Medhi
• Mridul Amin
• Pranjit Kalita

Demographics

The following tables represent the demographics of the ministers.

Ministers by party

Representation of ministers by party

  Friends Societal Congress (56.25%)

  Friends Society Secular Party (43.75%)

Party		Cabinet Ministers	Ministers of State (I/C)	Ministers of State	Total number of ministers
	Friends Societal Congress	6	3	0	9
	Friends Society Secular Party	3	1	3	7
Total		9	4	3	17

Ministers by state

State	Cabinet Ministers	Ministers of State (I/C)	Ministers of State	Total number of ministers	Name of ministers
Basistha	—	2	0	2	Abhisekh Jha Jemina Hazarika
Beltola	2	—	—	2	Tanishkaa Patranabish Asmi Patranabis
Brihattar Guwahati	4	1	1	6	Varuna Sriraya Arnab Sil Bishnu Chetry Saikat Seal Manoj Chetry Tusharjit Deka
Madhya Guwahati	2	1	1	4	Abhiraj Kar Sampriti Paul Bishakha Das Debika Deka
Uttar Guwahati	1	0	1	2	Anirban Phatowali Arpan Deka