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.
Angry minority organizations in BTAD areas have blamed dissidence within the Congress legislative body for the Baksa incident where four lemon traders were believed to have been killed on Friday. Talking to Assam Times in Chirang after blocking the National Highway No 31 in the protest against the incident on Friday, AAMSU leaders said that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, his trusted minister Rockybul Hussain and dissident leader Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma cannot ensure safety and security for the minorities. ABMSU also blame it all on the dissidence within the Congress legislators for the ongoing incident in Baska.
The vociferous protest against the big dams at Gerukamukh has hardly reached the Centre. DoNER minister VK Singh has made it plain and simple on Saturday the protest against the 2,000 MW lower Subansiri hydroelectric power project were never justified. Singh, who is on a two days visit to Guwahati on Saturday said that the power project will help the entire north eastern region tide over the power crisis. He said that there are is propaganda at work against the projects. But in the same breath his own assessment is that it was not going to cause any danger. The DoNER minister said the people were ill informed about the benefits of the project. According to him, that was why, it was...
Thousands of students took out a huge human chain in Guwahati on Saturday to reiterate their demands to complete the 4-lane National Highway at an earlier date. Talking to Assam Times, senior AASU leaders said that they won’t resort to road blockade to harass the common people during the human chain in the city. They said that they are disappointed to have observed that only in Assam, a central government project is allowed to move at a snail’s pace. AASU leaders further said that authorities must complete the entire project within the stipulated time-frame.
The Laxminath Bezbaruah family members are holding a two-day conference in Sivasagar from Tuesday. The event, being organized to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the doyen of Assamese literature, began with flag hoisting by Satyabhushan Baruah in the morning. This was followed by smriti tarpan offered by Janardan Deva Goswami. Sunday’s programme begins with an open meeting at 10 in the morning to be attended by many prominent personalities. The itinerary also includes formal release of the Bezbarooa Bongshawali, release of souvenir, religious discourse among other programmes. A website will also be launched on the occasion, where names of every member of the Bezbaroa family will be...
Its Tarun Gogoi versus Siddique Ahmed. Amid simmering dissidence against the chief minister and his minister for border area development are taking on each other. Gogoi on Friday alleged that the minister helped AIUDF candidate in the recent Lok Sabha polls which was why, party candidate Lalit Mohan Suklavaidya faced defeat in Karimganj. Hours after the allegations Siddique dared Gogoi to substantiate his allegations of nexus with AIUDF. The chief minister further hinted strict action against Siddique as situation warrants. The cooperation minister said that he was ready to face any action. Gogoi got tougher with Siddique a day before quoting him as saying of media reported that the...
Amid an uneasy development within the Congress Legislature Party, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi tore apart Siddique Ahmed a day after the border development minister threatened to boycott the upcoming Assam Assembly demanding leadership change. Talking to reporters in Dispur on Friday, a visibly angry Gogoi said as situation warrants, he would take strong action against him Siddeque Ahmed. Gogoi said that Ahmed did not have a Congress background and had helped the opposition AIUDF during the Lok Sabha elections. He said, “no Congressman speak like this. No Congressman has the right to question the High Command. Ahmed has supported AIUDF." “I would go by the high command’s decision....
Stunned by the revelations of a section officials having close touch with some illegal settlers in Guwahati, Dispur is ready to probe the allegations. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who addressed a press conference in Dispur on Friday sad that his government will set up an inquiry committee to find out the alleged nexus between officials of different government agencies and encroachers in the capital. The enquiry panel would be set up soon to see the nexus between officials of different bodies. Nobody would be spared if found to be involved in violating the law, said Gogoi.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday accused the Modi government of pleasing big industrialists and lowering the benefits of social schemes meant for the poor people. Addressing a press conference in Dispur the chief minister sad that the budget brings smiles only to the industrialists clique and that’s why, these class of people are welcoming the budget saying that it is growth oriented. Gogoi said, " the subsidies for the poor are being withdrawn gradually. The 'achhe din' has come for big corporates, but not for the common people.”
The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has deceived Assam and its people if Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is to be believed. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Friday, Gogoi said that the much-hyped poll promises are missing in the Union Budget tabled in Parliament on Thursday. “ The Union Budget did not offer anything to the state”, said the Chief Minister. He added, “BJP and Modi charged Dr Manmohan Singh of doing nothing for the state. BJP promised to give a lot to the people of Assam, but gave nothing in the budget." Gogoi said that promises passed through the lips of Modi only before the polls. But he forgot his promises of steps to end unemployment, flood, illegal...
The dissident Congress legislators have mounted more pressure on the party high command to replace Tarun Gogoi as chief minister. Sources told Assam Times that led by health and education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, the dissident MLAs and ministers threatened to float a separate party if the party high command refuses to hold the CLP meeting. They said that they are disappointed with party high command for retaining Gogoi as chief minister. Further they have been waiting for party high command’s clear cut position. But there is no such indication.
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