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Ethnicity trumps seniority as 12 MLAs inducted into Assam Cabinet
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Guwahati: Ethnicity apparently was given preference over seniority as 12 MLAs — including four new faces — were inducted into Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Cabinet on Friday. Among the new entrants are Ashwini Ray Sarkar, a Bengali Hindu from western Assam; Biswajit Daimari, a Bodo hailing from the Bodoland Territorial Region; and Sushanta Borgohain, an Ahom from eastern Assam.Bengali Hindus, Bodos, and Ahoms have have been a vote bank or supporters of the BJP since 2014.Assam's longest-s
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