In a bizarre move that leaves the BJP-led government red faced on the floor on Monday, AGP thrashed the Narendra Modi Government at the Centre for the controversial move on the Hindu Bangladeshi nationals.
Former Chief Minister and AGP leader PK Mahanta said that he was dead opposed to the move and that it would be an insult to the spirit of Assam Accord.
However, AGP president Atul Bora who holds the agriculture minister looked very disappointed when his predecessor rose to speak on the controversial move to give refugee status for the Hindu nationals of the neighbouring countries.
PermalinkSubmitted by jay Boro on Mon, 08/08/2016 - 19:44
Why Can't they go and settle in west bengal? Assam is already a semi-bengal. Mahanta did a good job by raising his opinion. Ruling the govt doesn't mean you don't have a voice against election manifesto.
In yet another bizarre incident that sends shockwaves across the state, an aged person died on Tuesday a day after his son attacked him in Nagaon district.Identified as Ram Kumar Chouhan, he attacked his father Shyam Kumar Chouhan at Sutirpar with a sharp weapon on Monday afternoon.A seriously injured Shyam Kumar was admitted to the BP Civil Hospital in a critical condition where he succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning. Then Ram Kumar surrendered before the police.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has retained home and finance while Sarat Borkotoky was given education the portfolios for the new council of ministers on Monday.Ajanta Neog also retained PWD while Rockybul Hussain got panchayat and parliamentary affairs apafrt from agriculture and horticulture. Dr Bhumidhar Barman got revenue and Assam Accord implementation while Sarat Borkotoky got education. Ajit Singh got transport and excise while Bishmita Gogoi got handloom and textiles apart from cultural affairs.Etwa Munde got forest and environment while Sukur Ali got public health department. The Chief Minister further allocated jail and border development portfolio to Girindra Mollick.
Amid a massive security bandobast on the occasion of the 66th Republic Day ,Chief minister Tarun Gogoi unfurled the national triculour and took salute of the army, police para military forces and NCC at the Veterinary Playground in Khanapara on Monday.In his address, Gogoi said that his government would leave no stone unturned to help the state develop on all fronts.The focus of the function was the glimpse of cultural show that turned the field in to a mini Assam where the rich culture of the various tribes and communities were showcased.Thousands of people thronged the place get a glimpse of the centrally sponsored the Republic Day well before ahead of the beginning of the function. Gogoi...
Despite round-the clock vigil, suspected ULFA militants exploded two low-intensity in Digboi amid the Republic Day celebration in the oil town on Monday.Police officials told Assam Times that the low intensity explosions took place early in the morning near a railway track which were planted under a heap of garbage. There is however, no report of any damage. Security forces arrived in the spot and investigations are in progress. The explosions took place hours before the national flag was hoisted in the oil town.
The centre has announced padma award to three prominent personalities on the occassion of Republic day. Padmabibhushan award goes to Jahnu Borua while Dr Lakhinandan Bora and Jadab Payeng would get the coveted padmabhushan award.
Braving militant diktat, the national flag is fluttering across the state from morning when the state joined the Republic day on Monday. All schools and colleges, banks and offices hoisted the flag at 8 in the morning.
On 22nd January, a local court in Imphal ordered the release of Irom Sharmila by regarding the charge of "attempt to suicide" as baseless. However, Irom Sharmila has been re-arrested again and has been booked under the same charge of "attempt to suicide" under 309 IPC. Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), a nation-wide campaign in support of Irom Sharmila and against AFSPA, condemns the re-arrest. SSSC considers this re-arrest of Irom Sharmila as a mockery of judiciary by the state. While the judiciary had released her by quashing the charges of "attempt to suicide", the state has re-arrested her on the same grounds. SSSC believes that it is a failure of state to resolve the...
The Assam Police on Saturday got Burling Bhutur on transit remand a day after the dreaded NDFB-S rebel was arrested in Bangalore.The wanted rebel is allegedly involved in the killing of six Adivasi people at Lungsung on December 23 apart from killing of 6 Hindi-speaking people in Sarfang guri on January 16.A team of police from Guwahati is on the way back from Bangaluru on Saturday along with the NDFB-S leader whom police caught acting on tipoff from their Assam counterpart.Notably, he was also wanted in the gory Serfang guri carnage where he and his group pulled down around 12 passengers from a bus and shot 6 of them dead at Athiabari.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi finally reshuffled his cabinet on Friday. But the major reshuffle has raised the eyebrows of the Guwahati denizens who have no representation in the council of ministers.Guwahati had two ministers when Gogoi became the chief minister for the third consecutive term. Health and education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma resigned last year refusing to work with Gogoi as chief minister.Three days back social welfare minister Akon Bora was asked to resigned just before reshuffling the cabinet. Capt Robin Bordoloi, Hemanta Talukdar failed to get the berth.This is for the first time Guwahati is left without a representative in the council of ministers.
After New Delhi, now its Rajib Bhawan’s turn to talk of NDA’s U turns. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Anjan Dutta on Wednesday released a booklet outlining the U-turns of the Modi government over a number of issues confronting Assam for decades.Gogoi said, " there is hardly any Achche Din for people. Good days turned bad days for BJP. That’s why, its is not talking of it it anymore. They are making U-turns from their poll promises on every issue." The chief minister said the U turns have not spared even the illegal Bangladeshi issue, land swap deal, big dam construction, bringing back black money from foreign destinations, cutting funds for MGNREGA schemes, freezing of...
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