Sonowal elected president of Assam Olympic Association

GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister and former union sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal was on Sunday elected as the president of the

Assam Olympic Association

.


Sonowal had a two-year stint as country's sports minister before he quit becoming 14th chief minister of Assam in May 2016.

Lakhya Konwar

was elected to the post of general secretary while the state association also got 10 vice presidents.

Tapan Kumar Das is the new treasurer while

Amal Narayan Patowary

, Sanjib Handique, Shantanu and Tarang Gogoi were elected joint secretaries.