24 hours of Oil and ONGC blocked by ATASU ends, ASTC bus damaged
The 24 hours ONGC and Oil blocked, called by All Tai Ahom Student Union from January 9, 5 am completed. few minor incident reported during the blockage. The Organisation called the blocked demanding Scheduled Tribe status of Tai-Ahom community along with the five tribes Moran, Matok, Chutia, Koch-Rajbonshi and Tea Garden Community of Assam.
Members of the organisation staged a sit-in demonstration in front of the ONGC’s Assam Asset Offices at Nazira and Sivasagar. The demonstrators shouted slogans and did not allow the employees to enter their offices. In some places burning of tyres and pelting stones to ONGC vehicles occurred. In Sivasagar, one Assam State Transportation Bus (AS-20-0885) plying under contract with ONGC is badly damaged by the protesters. The Executive Director of Assam Asset, ONGC reported that exploration activities was hampered to some extent due to this blocked.
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The Tai Ahom National Council demands demand one seat in the up coming Rajya Sabha election from Assam. According to their Secretary General, Amar Jyoti Arandhara, after Bhadeswar Buragohain, from Asom Gana Parishad, in 1987 during the first term of AGP rule and Drupod Borgohain during the second term of AGP rule, all parties are denying Ahom Candidate for Rajya Sabha seat. So,Arandhara appeal all political parties, specially Congress to field Ahom candidate for Rajya Sabha election.The organisation is also demanding four Lok Sabha Seat and 37 Assembly seat for Ahom dominated area for a long time.
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One Babul Gogoi (12) died in a mishap at Santak-Gorchuk, Simoluguri on Saturday. The mishap occured when the deceased was collecting money for a Bihu Sonmilon, organised locally at Kenduguri. The boy with his friends was collecting of money from vehicles plying on the Romoni Ali, which connects Simoluguri and Naginimora.
When they tried to stop a dumper coming towards Simoluguri who refused to stop and the members tried to stop the vehicle forcefully. According to eye witness, the deceased climbed up on the vehicle to stop it. After runing few distance the vehicle slipped away from the road and the deceased came under the Vehicle and died on the spot.
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