Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi today interacted with the scribes at Guwahati Press Club on 29 April 2015. Attending the Guest of the Month programme of the press club the veteran Congressleader reiterated his stand that the NRC updating process in Assam should be based on the 1951 NRC.
Replying to the queries of participating journalists, Speaker Gogoi informed that the 1951 NRC documents are still intact except the two districts of Sivasagar and Dima Hasao, and some villages of the Barak Valley.
“I don’t say things I don’t mean. When I said the 1951 NRC is available, I did so only after getting the facts right from the State home department. The relevant documents in other parts of Assam are very much intact. There should be no disputes, as raised in some quarters, over the 1951 NRC,” said Speaker Gogoi.
The veteran Congressleader, however, was not sure if harsh laws can rid the State of millions of illegal migrants from Bangladesh. No country in the world has been able to do so. He advocated disenfranchising them, if not deported, and utilize them as human resources.
Voicing his support to the proposed land-swap deal with Bangladesh, he said he thought it would remove the frustrating hurdles to border fencing, which in turn could prevent further migration.
Speaker Gogoi finally expressed hope that his initiative for an amicable resolution paving way for constitutional safeguards to the indigenous population of Assam would bear fruits. He went on speaking that more and more constituencies in Assam, if not each and every one, would be reserved for the indigenous people in future.
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Streets worse a desert look as all shops and markets along with industrial unites have down shutters from 7 in the morning till 9 at night.
Vehicles are off from the roads under the impact of the call to fight the menace which has yet not reached the north eastern state.
People, mostly, are keeping themselves confined to their homes to disallow the dreaded virus to spread.
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DIBRUGARH: Amid statewide anxiety and fear the five year old girl from Jorhat tested negative at the regional laboratory in Lahowal on Saturday night. Earlier, JMCH on Saturday morning has referred her and parents for confirmation suspecting it an infection of COVID19 in view of her cough and fever. The family traveled to Bihar by train and backed to Jorhat a couple of days back.
Guwahati: A suspected COVID19 positive case triggers no less panic in the state on Saturday.
According to information, JMCH lab claimed to have found some positive notes of COVID19 virus in the body of a 5 year old girl who complained of fever and cough.
The patient along with her parents have wrapped up a visit to Bihar by train a couple of days back.
The sample along with the patient have been referred to RMCH in Lahowal in Dibrugarh on Saturday for final test.
The confirmation is expected by afternoon.
But a section of media in Guwahati along with social networking sites has already spread the story without any confirmation creating panic among the people.
March 20, New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged all those who have been told to stay in home quarantine to follow the instructions.
In a series of tweets, the PM said that this is the time people should listen to the advice given by doctors and authorities as it will protect them as well as their friends and family. He added that it is not only important to be home but also to remain in the same town and city. "Unnecessary travel will not help anyone," he said, adding that every small effort will leave a big impact in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
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In an order issued on Thursday, the government said that all visitors/tourist inner line permits stand cancelled with immediate effect.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu in a tweet said that as precautionary measure, Arunachal is closing its door to all visitors in view of Covid-19 pandemic.
He said all inner line permits (ILPs) issued earlier stand cancelled. He said the well-being of the people of the State comes first.
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Bhubaneswar Kalita, BJP’s ally Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) nominee Biswajit Daimary and the Congress-All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) consensus candidate Ajit Kumar Bhuyan were declared elected as the deadline for withdrawal of nomination ended.
Earlier, nomination papers filed by Kalita, Daimary and Bhuyan were found valid in the scrutiny. Elections for the three RS seats were scheduled for 26 March.
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