Both pro and anti talk factions have vehemently oppose Naba Sarania who is contesting from Kokrajhar as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha polls. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Paresh Barua faction have urged the people not to vote for their former colleague. The pro talk faction has already expelled him after the one time hardcore militant filed nomination papers before the Kokrajhar return officer.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday moved Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention in the construction of three dams on the upstream of the Brahmaputra. In a letter to the Prime Minster, Gogoi pointed out that though the Chinese Government had given assurance that they would take care of the interest of downstream areas, the State Government has apprehensions that it might affect the State.Gogoi in his letter said that the ‘entire Assam economy East is dependent on the Brahmaputra and that the construction of three new dams on the upstream of the river might affect the interest of the region in the downstream areas.
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