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.
Caught in a grim situation of paralyzing dissidence against him, Chief minister Tarun Gogoi is leaving it all on the party high command.
This was what forest minister Rockyul Hussain told reporters after Gogoi held a close door meet with his trusted ministers at Koinadhara on Thursday evening.
Ministers Pradyut Bordoloi, Rockybul Hussain, Ajanta Neog, Tanka Bahadur Rai, Nilomoni Sen Deka were prominent among those who attended the meeting convened hours after he returned from New Delhi.
Forest minister Rockybul Hussain on Thursday dropped hint of the involvement of a circle of forest officers and workers in the rampant rhino poaching cases in the Kaziranga national park.
Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a function in Guwahati, Hussain said that an impartial probe is underway to unearth the truth.
Hussain said that nobody would be spared if indicted by the probe. His revelation assumes significance hours after forest guards killed two rhino poachers at an encounter in the world heritage site.
Both pro and anti Tarun Gogoi camps are busy with preparing strategies these days.
Hours after he returned from New Delhi, the chief minister talked to his trusted ministers and associates on Thursday.
Dissidence is believed to have dominated the meeting at Koinadhora in the evening.
Apart from Rockybul Hussain, Gogoi talked to Pradyut Bordoloi, Nilomoni Sendeka, Tanka Bahaur Rai, Ajanta Neog who were present in the meeting.
On the other hand, the dissident camp led by health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma met at the residence of Sarat Borkotoky on Thursday morning.
But the dissident camp is tightlipped on the outcome of the meeting.
Congress leader Kirip Chaliha said that the legislators are bound to go by the high command’s decision.
After attending a close door meeting of the dissident camp in Dispur on Wednesday, Chaliha who is known to be a close associate of Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma Chaliha told reporters that as head of the state, the party MLAs and ministers must abide by chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
All Lok Sabha MPs from Assam took oath in Parliament on Thursday.
Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal took oath in Assam along with Rajen Gohain, Kamakhya Prasad Tasha, Biojoya Chakrabarty, Ramen Deka and Rameswar Teli. Sushmita Deb, MP from Silchar took oath in Bangla while Badaruddin Ajmal and Chirajuddin Amal took oath in English.
Congress MP from Koliabor Gaurav Gogoi was administered oath in Hindi.
Two rhino poachers were killed at an encounter with forest guards in Kaziranga on Thursday.
The one hour long gun battle near the Dipholu forest camp in Burapahar in the wee hours where the poacher duo were killed on the spot.
Forest guards further recovered a three not three rifle and a few cartages from the spot.
The Asom Gana Parishad has urged Centre’s intervention to ensure safe rescue of Onkarmal Agarwallah who is believed to have been kidnapped from Jharkhand on Tuesday.
The Opposition party on Wednesday has sent a memorandum to Union home minister Rajnath Singh seeking his steps to ensure the early and safe rescue of the top AGP leader.
A top businessmen from Guwahati is believed to have been in Jharkhand immediately after he landed in the state on Tuesday.
There is no trace of Onkarmal Agarwalla, after he arrived in Jharkhand on Tuesday morning from New Delhi.
According to information, the top AGP leader called up his family members at 4-50 in the wee hours from Sahibganj where they got to know that he arrived in the place.
But since then he has been missing and his mobile has been remaining switch off. He went to Jharkhand via New Delhi to ‘call on a BJP MP’ on Tuesday.
His family members in Guwahati have moved Sahibganj police station. But there is no trace of the businessman.
He boarded the Brahmaputra Mail from...
No instruction for CLP meet Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s dissident colleagues are gearing up for the upcomong Congress legislative body meeting in Dispur.
A circle of ministers and MLAs want change in leadership. They are preparing to formally raise the issue to dislodge Gogoi.
But top sources told Assam Times that the high command has not asked the chief ministers to hold CLP meet to ensure trust of all legislators. Sonia Gandhi has already asked to continue his office.
According to AICC sources, Gogoi would discuss the massive reshuffle of the council of ministers after his return from New Delhi on Thursday.
Caught in a Catch-22 situation, the 3-member AICC panel has asked Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to resolve the dissidence within the legislative body at an earlier date.
Gogoi got the instruction after he held a series of meetings with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, AICC leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Dr CP Joshi and Motilal Vhora on Tuesday.
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