CM feels heat of boiling border
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi felt the heat of a boiling border situation when he was on a stock-taking visit on Monday.
As the chief minister’s convoy arrived in Uriamghat area at 11-30 in the morning, angry protesters shouted Gogoi Go Back slogans.
A section of the protesters asked him to immediately leave Uriamghat alleging his failure to deal with the decade old row with Nagaland.
Police resorted to blank firing to disperse a group of protesters as they targeted the chief minister. After a brief discussion with top ranked police and civil officials, the chief minister left the spot.
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BJP MPs Bijoya Chakrabartty and Ramen Deka are on a stock taking visit to Uriamghat on Tuesday a day after the angry people heckled Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. Immediately after arriving the relief cams, Chakrabartty and Deka talked to the camp inmates and expressed grave concern over the attack by the Naga miscreants where at least 15 people were killed and over 50 houses where set on fire. The duo further talked to the top ranked civil and police officials who have been monitoring the entire situation along the Assam-Nagaland border. Notably, angry camp inmates heckled the chief minister on Monday when he was on a stock taking visit to the troubled torn areas.
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