GUWAHATI: The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, conducted a tour of the newly constructed Raj Bhavan, highlighting its design, features, and modern amenities, marking a new landmark in Assam’s administrative history. He emphasized the architectural brilliance of the Raj Bhavan, which is scheduled to be inaugurated today, August 29, by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
In a statement to the press, CM Sarma remarked that previously, the Assam governor served as the governor for the entire northeast until the establishment of additional northeastern states. “The primary Raj Bhavan was located in Shillong, Meghalaya. As the states were delineated and the central government began appointing individual governors for each northeastern state, we did not build a Raj Bhavan,” he explained. “The former Raj Bhavan essentially functioned as a transit camp. Therefore, this new Raj Bhavan encompasses all the necessary features of a Raj Bhavan, including areas designated for the president and the governor. Our forthcoming initiative is to create a dorbar hall and the offices for the governors and commissioners on the opposite side of the road,” CM Sarma further elaborated.
Nevertheless, when questioned about the distinctions between the old Raj Bhavan and the new one, CM Sarma rated the old Raj Bhavan a 1 and the new one a 100, illustrating how the Assam governor previously resided in a 14 x 14 ft room in the old governor’s residence, where the only spacious area was the dining room; otherwise, that Raj Bhavan contained merely two bedrooms.
