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{{Short description|Cabinet of Assam, India from 1996 to 2001}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|date_formed=15 May 1996
|date_dissolved=17 May 2001
|government_head=[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|state_head=[[Lokanath Misra]]<br> [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]|political_parties=*'''[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]'''
*'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]'''
*'''[[Independent politician|IND]]'''
|election=[[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|last_election=[[2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|legislature_term=5 years
|predecessor=[[Barman Ministry]]
|successor=[[First Tarun Gogoi ministry|Tarun Gogoi I]]
|image=File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg
|opposition_party=[[Indian National Congress]]}}

The '''Second Ministry of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta''' was the [[Government of Assam|Cabinet of Assam]] headed by Chief Minister of Assam [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] that was formed after the [[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elections 1996: AGP bounces back to defeat a weak Congress (I) in Assam |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-elections-1996-agp-bounces-back-to-defeat-a-weak-congress-in-assam-832980-1996-05-30 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=India Today |date=31 May 1996 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Crisis in AGP ministry: Dissidents plan to mount another attack after assembly by-polls |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19980608-crisis-in-agp-ministry-dissidents-plan-to-mount-another-attack-after-assembly-by-polls-826627-1998-06-07 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=India Today |date=8 June 1998 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-05-13 |title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937 |url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html |access-date=2023-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513013923/http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html |archive-date=2006-05-13 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roy |first=Meenu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wm2dVWi-2I4C |title=India Votes, Elections 1996: A Critical Analysis |date=1996 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=978-81-7100-900-8 |language=en}}</ref> The results of the election were announced on 22 April 1996 and this led to the formation of the 10th [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]. Mahanta, along with his council of ministers, was sworn in as Chief Minister on 15 May 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 1996 ministers |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/50847/10/10_chapter%201.pdf |accessdate=2018-11-05 |publisher=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hqOAAAAMAAJ |title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information |date=1996 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |language=en}}</ref><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>

== Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Constituency
!Portfolio
!Party
|-
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
[[List of chief ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]
|[[Barhampur Assembly constituency|Barhampur]]
|
* Home
* Finance
* General Administration
* '''Any departments not allocated to others'''
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
|[[Atul Bora Sr.|Atul Bora]]
|[[Dispur Assembly constituency|Dispur]]
|
* Public Works
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Nagen Sarma]]
|[[Nalbari Assembly constituency|Nalbari]]
|
* Forest
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Prodip Hazarika|Pradip Hazarika]]
|[[Amguri Assembly constituency|Amguri]]
|
* Transport
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Sahidul Alam Choudhury
|[[Algapur Assembly constituency|Algapur]]
|
* Panchayat
* Rural development
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Digen Bora
|[[Batadroba Assembly constituency|Batadroba]]
|
* Food and Civil supplies
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Thaneswar Bora
|[[Rangiya Assembly constituency|Rangiya]]
|
* Higher Education
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Promode Gogoi]]
|[[Sibsagar Assembly constituency|Sibasagar]]
|
* Flood control
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|-
|Jatin Mali
|[[Palasbari Assembly constituency|Palasbari]]
|
* Elementary Education
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Abdul Muhib Mazumder]]
|[[Hailakandi Assembly constituency|Hailakandi]]
|
* Irrigation
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|-
|[[Phani Bhusan Choudhury]]
|[[Bongaigaon Assembly constituency|Bongaigaon]]
|
* Labour and Employment
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Biraj Kumar Sarma]]
|[[Gauhati East Assembly constituency|Gauhati East]]
|
* Municipal Administration
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Surendra Nath Medhi
|[[Bhabanipur, Assam Assembly constituency|Bhabanipur]]
|
* Veterinary
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Zoii Nath Sarmah]]
|[[Sipajhar Assembly constituency|Sipajhar]]
|
* Revenue
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Chandra Mohan Patowary]]
|[[Dharmapur Assembly constituency|Dharmapur]]
|
* Agriculture
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Gunin Hazarika]]
|[[Kaliabor Assembly constituency|Kaliabor]]
|
* Industry
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Kamala Kanta Kalita]]
|[[Chaygaon Assembly constituency|Chaygaon]]
|
* Health
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Rekha Rani Das Boro]]
|[[Barama Assembly constituency|Barama]]
|
* Social Welfare
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Ministers of State'''
|-
|Utpal Dutta
|[[Lakhimpur, Assam Assembly constituency|Lakhimpur]]
|
* Social Welfare
* Mines
* Minerals
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Ramendra Narayan Kalita]]
|[[Gauhati West Assembly constituency|Gauhati West]]
|
* Sericulture
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Abdur Rouf (Indian politician)|Abdul Rouf]]
|[[Jania Assembly constituency|Jania]]
|
* Science
* Technology
|[[United Minorities Front, Assam|UMF]]
|-
|[[Akan Chandra Rabha|Akon Rabha]]
|[[Dudhnai Assembly constituency|Dudhnai]]
|
* Soil Conservation
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Abdul Jabbar (politician)|Abdul Jabbar]]
|[[Dalgaon Assembly constituency|Dalgaon]]
|
* Char areas development
* Wakf Board
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Hiranya Konwar
|[[Mahmara Assembly constituency|Mahmara]]
|
* Veterinary
* Animal Husbandry
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Bubul Das|Bulbul Das]]
|[[Jagiroad Assembly constituency|Jagiroad]]
|
* Fisheries
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Rajendra Mushahary]]
|[[Gossaigaon Assembly constituency|Gossaigaon]]
|
* Plains tribes
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Bhaben Baruah]]
|[[Chabua Assembly constituency|Chabua]]
|
* Health
* Family welfare
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Joseph Toppo]]
|[[Dhekiajuli Assembly constituency|Dhekiajuli]]
|
* Labour
* Employment
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Template:Assam ministries}}
[[Category:Assam ministries|Mahanta II]]
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 1996|Mahanta II]]
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 2001|Mahanta II]]
[[Category:Asom Gana Parishad]]
[[Category:1996 in Indian politics]]

Second Mahanta ministry - Revision history

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