Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday made it plain and simple that his government wants 2014 voter list as one of the supportive documents to update the national registrar of citizens.
Responding to the legislators who asked him to clear his position, Gogoi said that the list would be required if the documents earlier announced by the Supreme Court are not available for an indigenous citizen.
He said that his government has already moved the Supreme Court for consideration which has not so far rejected the affidavit.
PermalinkSubmitted by MAITAOYA RICK on Tue, 11/08/2015 - 00:35
Mr. Tarun Gogoi is going mad because the assembly election of Assam is approaching. He is such a person who knows only vote bank politics. He is a useless Chief Minister of Assam who has no interest to protect the indigenous communities of Assam rather he is ready to protect the illegal Bangladeshis who entered illegally to our land. The vote bank politics of Congress in Assam will lead our state to be part of Bangladesh. Tarun Gogoi will sell Assam to Bangladesh and he along with his family will settlen down in London.
The killer swine flu claimed yet another life when a woman lost her life in Guwahati on Wednesday. The 25-year-old woman died at the Narayana Hrudalaya Hospital in Guwahati a few days after she was shifted from a private hospital in Biswanath Chariali. This is the first case of swine flu death from Sonitpur district. With this, the H1N1 toll has gone up to 4 including two Army men.
Despite being riddled by non stopped rhino poaching incidents, a rare dose of good news awaits Kaziranga National Park.The world heritage site is likely to see the increase in the rhino population. A two days rhino census has begun on Thursday morning. A team of experts from the Wildlife Institute of India, National Tiger Conservation Authority, ministry of environment and forests is overseeing the operation concluding on Friday.KNP park officials told Assam Times that the results are expected to be available on Mach 29.
A House committee will probe a string of anomalies in the Public Works Department. Disclosing this on the floor of the House Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi said on Wednesday that the House panel will look into the alleged irregularities in inviting tenders from contractors . The Speaker’s announcement quelled AIUDF, AGP and BJP members who took on the PWD minister alleging many irregularities. Gogoi in his ruling said,” If someone is bidding with a lower rate than the fixed price, then obviously he will do an inferior work." BJP MLA Manoranjan Das alleged that a section of contractors bid the tenders at lower prices of the fixed rate and eventually they get the work. He was...
Ganamukti Sangram is all set to hit the streets demanding ST status for six ethnic communities a few days after the Centre rejected the ten year long demand. The Akhil Gogoi-led new political party is waiting to launch the agitation in a big way from March 31 if the government fails to announce policy decision by then. “We won’t allow these six communities to be ignored by Delhi and Dispur. We demand measures to uplift these people. ST status is the best possible measures,” said a KMSS leader.“We don’t understand why the NDA government has failed to keep its poll promises,” said the KMSS leader who is taking a prominent position in the new political party.
NRC, Assam Accord implementation and deportation of Bangladeshi immigrants are dominating the All Assam Students Union’s Dudhnoi Convention which is underway. Talking to Assam Times, AASU leaders said that they have already finalize action plan to fight for pressurizing Delhi and Dispur to flawlessly update the NRC apart from sealing the Indo-Bangla border to prevent further influx from across the border.The entire course of action, however, would be announced at the open session on Thursday, said a senior AASU leader. Some other resolutions are waiting to be passed in the executive body meeting of the state’s influential student organization.
Hardly a week after it was floated, the Ganamukti Sangram Samity has demanded special status for Assam under Article 371 (A) of the Constitution.In its maiden press statement, the new political party further demands Scheduled Tribe status for six ethnic communities which was denied by the Centre a few days back.Party leader Akhil Gogoi maintains that only the special status is the best possible way to ensure the exclusive rights of the people of Assam over land and all other natural resources.Gogoi further believes that ST status is required to uplift the Koch-Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Moran, Muttock, Chutia and tea tribe communities. He said it would help these communities protect their...
Dudhnoi town breaks into a sea of humanity as the All Assam Students Union is holding its 16th convention from Tuesday.Talking to Assam Times, AASU organizers said that over 5000 delegates from different places of the state are attending the event which is ending on Thursday.Local residents of all walks of life are helping the state’s most influential students body hold the convention smoothly. From food to lodging of the delegates, the local residents are facilitating AASU to hold the three days convention.The Book Fair continues to pull huge crowd a day after Asom Sahitya Sabha president Dr Dhubajyoti Bora opened it on Tuesday.Student leaders from other north eastern states are also...
The All Assam Students Union a still a huge force that can unite the people in the time of identity crisis. This was more or less of what a cross section of the people said in Dudhnoi where the student body is holding its 16th Convention from Monday.Dipsikha Devi, a college teacher told Assam Times that only the student body has the ability to unite the people at a time when Assam and its people are heading towards a crisis of identity.“Had there been no Assam Agitation, had there been no AASU, the entire state would have been an another Bangladesh,” said Devi.“The people of Assam cannot forget the AASU leaders and their contribution. That’s why, people of all walks are pouring in Dudhnoi...
Dr Pradip Kumar Sarmah was felicitated with the prestigious ‘Karmaveer Puraskaar’ for his commendable work in the field of social service in New Delhi on 22nd March, 2015 at the exclusive awards function which is a part of “iCONGO’s REX Conclave, which was organised on 21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2015. The awards and the Chakra recognize and applaud the social commitment of concerned individuals, who have proactively and voluntarily worked for bringing a positive transformation in the society and the world we live in. In today’s world where there is huge apathy & indifference,Dr. Pradip Kumar Sarmah is the Founder of Rickshaw Bank – an innovative sustainable...
Days are not far for assembly polls in Assam. The Election Commission is fully prepared to hold the next assembly polls before May 2016.Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Tuesday, Chief Election Commissioner HS Brahma said that the country’s poll panel would hold the polls in time.He said that all voters would get identity cards this time which would be required to exercise their franchise. According to Brahma, the Commission has so far issued Identity card to 95 percent electorates.“We have started a National Voters' Service Portal to enable a voter can to find his or her name, address, polling station etc. online and can rectify the same from any part of the world,” said Brahma.
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