CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Himanta Biswa among most powerful Indians in IE list

  • CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma have figured in the Indian Express list of 100 most powerful Indians in 2019.
 
  • While Chief Justice Gogoi has been placed in 3rd position of the list, Himanta Biswa Sarma secured his place in 56th position.
 
  • Chief Justice Gogoi, son of former Assam chief minister Keshab Chandra Gogoi, was appointed as Supreme Court judge in 2012.
 
  • Because of Himanta Biswa Sarma, in the last Lok Sabha polls,  the BJP was able to win 17 seats out of the 24 in the seven Northeastern states.
 
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has topped the list followed by union home minister Amit Shah.
 
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