The main Opposition Asom Gana Parishad goes for a statewide dharna on Thursday demanding Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s resignation after the arrest of his education minister Ripun Bora even as the Chief Minister says the regional party has no moral right to seek his resignation.

The regional further demand CBI probe into the allegations of some other members in the Gogoi cabinet to unearth the truth behind these. The party on Wednesday took out a procession to the Raj Bhawan from the party headquarters and met the governor Lt general (Retd) Ajoy Singh to dismiss the Gogoi Government.     

In yet another development, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said he would never resign in view of Ripun Bora’s arrest by CBI. He, however, said law would take its own course. When asked by the media people on Wednesday at the sidelines of a function at the Sankardev Kalakshetra, Mr Gogoi said the AGP has no moral right to demand his resignation. “When CBI was to chargesheet against Prafulla Kumar Mahanta in the multi crore Letter of Credit scam, did he resign?’ we his answer. Justifying Ripun Bora’s induction into the Cabinet the Chief Minister said said,” he was doing very well.”

On the other hand, the All Assam Adivasi students Association of Assam has called for a 12 hour Assam bandh on Friday demanding capital punishment for Ripun Bora.

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