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{{Short description|Government of Assam, India in 1982}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|date_formed=13 January 1982
|date_dissolved=19 March 1982
|government_head=[[Kesab Chandra Gogoi]]
|state_head=[[Prakash Mehrotra]]
|opposition_leader=[[Sarat Chandra Singha]]
|political_party=*'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]]'''
*'''[[Janata Party|JP]]'''
*'''[[Independent politician|IND]]'''
|previous=[[President's rule]]
|successor=[[President's rule]]
|legislature_status=[[Coalition government|Coalition]]}}
The ministry of [[Kesab Chandra Gogoi]] was formed on 13 January 1982. The formation of the ministry ended 197 days of [[President's rule|President’s rule]] in [[Assam]]. The ministry ended after only 66 days, after Gogoi resigned during a [[motion of no confidence]] vote. Gogoi then recommended that the state again be put under [[President's rule|President’s Rule]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Gogoi ministry |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/50847/10/10_chapter%201.pdf |publisher=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ |accessdate=2018-11-05}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |author=Sumanta Sen |date=16 October 2013 |title=Assam: Congress(I) ministry led by Keshab Gogoi falls, President's Rule to return |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820415-assam-congressi-ministry-led-by-keshab-gogoi-falls-presidents-rule-to-return-771658-2013-10-16 |access-date=2022-03-22 |magazine=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-14 |title=January 14, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Assam Has New CM |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/40-years-ago-assam-has-new-cm-7722006/ |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Formation ===
[[President's rule|President’s Rule]] was imposed in [[Assam]] after the [[Anwara Taimur]] government failed to get the Assam appropriation bill passed by the [[Assam Legislative Assembly|assembly]]. On 12 January 1982, Gogoi told the press that he had the backing of 63 MLAs. Gogoi stated "I cannot reveal the identities of the 63 legislators whose support I enjoy for obvious reasons. But I am confident I will prove my majority on the floor of the House." Gogoi then contested for the Leadership.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2014-07-11 |title=Assam Cong(I) factional tussle resolved with appointment of Keshab Chandra Gogoi as CM |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820215-assam-congressi-factional-tussle-resolved-with-appointment-of-keshab-chandra-gogoi-as-cm-771423-2013-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226134407/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820215-assam-congressi-factional-tussle-resolved-with-appointment-of-keshab-chandra-gogoi-as-cm-771423-2013-10-22 |archive-date=2021-02-26 |access-date=2025-08-18 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

The Taimur Camp had encouraged [[Hiteswar Saikia]] to contest Gogoi’s claim but an opinion poll before the final selection revealed only supporters of Saikia among the 35 partymen assembled while 24 favoured Gogoi and 3 remained neutral. Hours before the selection meeting, 4 Taimur supporters resigned from the party.<ref name=":2" />

[[List of governors of Assam|Governor]] [[Prakash Mehrotra]] accepted Gogoi’s claim that he had the support of 63 MLAs and he was sworn in as [[List of chief ministers of Assam|Chief Minister of Assam]] on 13 January 1982 at [[Raj Bhavan, Guwahati|Raj Bhavan]] in a simple ceremony. He constituted his [[Left-wing politics|Left]]-[[Janata Party|Janata]] [[Coalition government|coalition]] [[Kesab Chandra Gogoi Ministry#Cabinet|ministry]] on 13 January 1982.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> For many [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLAs]] support of the new government was fear that the Assembly may be dissolved if they don't.<ref name=":2" />

=== Ministry ===
At the time of the formation of the ministry, the foreigners issue was still very urgent. However Gogoi stated, "My government's policy will not be very different from the previous government's. There will be no reshuffle of officials. I am giving top priority to the solution of the foreigners issue and the maintenance of law and order. Apart from this, implementation of the prime minister's 20-point programme will be my major concern."<ref name=":2" />

As Gogoi said, the ministry focused on [[Indira Gandhi]]’s 20 point programmes and he gave more emphasis on the implementation of National Rural Employment Scheme.<ref name=":0" />

=== Motion of No-confidence ===
On 17 March 1982 a [[Motion of no confidence|Motion of No Confidence]] was moved against the 65-day-old ministry. [[Sarat Chandra Singha]], [[Golap Borbora]], [[Hemen Das]], [[Promode Gogoi]], Zainal Abedin, Premadhar Bora and Romesh Mohan Kouli jointly filed the motion. The [[Sheikh Chand Mohammad|speaker]] admitted it and fixed discussion for 18 March 1982. However, the [[Sheikh Chand Mohammad|speaker]] adjourned the house ''[[Adjournment sine die|sine die]]'' after he learned Gogoi tendered in his resignation to the [[Prakash Mehrotra|Governor]]. The opposition had a majority in the house however the Governor chose to dissolve the legislative assembly on advice of Gogoi.

Gogoi, when asked why he recommended the [[Assam Legislative Assembly|assembly’s]] dissolution, said "I had no other alternative. If I did not make such a recommendation then the Governor would have had no other alternative but to allow the Opposition to form a ministry." [[Leader of the Opposition|Opposition leader]] and former [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]] [[Sarat Chandra Singha]] called this "sheer [[fascism]]".<ref name=":1" /> On 19 March, the [[President of India|President]] [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy|Sanjiva Reddy]] then issued a proclamation which dissolved the [[Assam Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] and brought the state under [[President's rule]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Malhotra |first=G. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ |title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures |date=2004 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |isbn=978-81-200-0400-9 |language=en}}</ref>

== Cabinet ==

{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
! Constituency
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[List of chief ministers of Assam|'''Chief Minister''']] and also in-charge of: Department of Home Department of Administrative Reforms Department of Information and Public Relations Department of Khadi and Village Industries Department of Rural Development Department of Public Works Department of Tourism And all other departments and subjects not allocated to any other minister.
| minister1 = [[Kesab Chandra Gogoi]]
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress
| minister1_ref = [[Dibrugarh Assembly constituency|Dibrugarh]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Finance Minister of Minority Affairs Minister of Political Sufferers
| minister1 = Mohammed Idris
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress
| minister1_ref = [[Rupohihat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rupohihat]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Irrigation Minister of Fisheries Minister of Scheduled Castes and Tribal Welfare
| minister1 = Rabindra Nath Choudhury
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Janata Party
| minister1_ref = [[Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency|Abhayapuri South]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Education Minister of Cultural Affairs
| minister1 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress
| minister1_ref = [[Nazira Assembly constituency|Nazira]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Revenue Minister of Food and Civil Supplies
| minister1 = Ramesh Chandra Saharia
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 8 February 1982
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress
| minister1_ref = [[Panery Assembly constituency|Panery]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Flood Control Minister of Judicial Affairs
| minister1 = Altaf Hossain Mazumdar
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress
| minister1_ref = [[Barkhola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barkhola]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Department of Agriculture and Horticulture (Assam)#Ministers|Minister of Agriculture]] Minister of Town and Country Planning
| minister1 = Santi Ranjan Das Gupta
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Janata Party
| minister1_ref = [[Hojai Assembly constituency|Hojai]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Industry Minister of Public Enterprises
| minister1 = [[Jagannath Singh (Assam politician)|Jagannath Singh]]
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Janata Party
| minister1_ref = [[Udharbond Assembly constituency|Udharbond]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Power Minister of Mines and Minerals Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary
| minister1 = [[Golok Rajbanshi]]
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress
| minister1_ref = [[Rangapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rangapara]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Municipal Administration Minister of Community Development
| minister1 = [[Zahirul Islam (politician)|Zahirul Islam]]
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Janata Party
| minister1_ref = [[Mankachar Assembly constituency|Mankachar]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of State for Rural Development Minister of State for Social Welfare<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Data_India/5H1DAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Padam%20Bahadur%20Chouhan%20keshab%20gogoi |title=Data India |date=1982 |publisher=Press Institute of India |language=en}}</ref>
| minister1 = A. N. Akram Hussain
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress
| minister1_ref = [[Chaygaon Assembly constituency|Chaygaon]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of State for Transport Minister of State for Tourism
| minister1 = Padam Bahadur Chouhan
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = Janata Party
| minister1_ref = [[Tamulpur Assembly constituency|Tamulpur]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Deputy Minister of Education
| minister1 = Mohammed Fakrul Islam
| minister1_termstart = 13 January 1982
| minister1_termend = 19 March 1982
| minister1_party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
| minister1_ref = [[Patharkandi Assembly constituency|Patharkandi]]
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Assam ministries]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress state ministries of Assam|Kesab Gogoi]]
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 1982]]
[[Category:1982 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 1982]]

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