Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma’s entry into BJP will put the people in utter confusion over the chief ministerial candidate.
Hours after Dr Sarma unofficially joined BJP, Gogoi said that if Sarma is made the chief ministerial candidate then what is in store for Sarbananda Sonowal and Siddharth Bhattacharya.
Talking to reports Gogoi wondered why and how Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma joined BJP a day after he was proud of his party’s victory in the Tiwa autonomous council polls.
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Guwahati: In a bizzer incident that forces the BJP government to hang it's head in shame, the state police recruitment board for selection of Sub Inspector has cancelled the statewide written test midway citing leakage of question papers on Sunday.
According to information, the examination which began at 12 noon was suddenly cancelled at 1 PM across the state as soon as the question papers went viral through social media. But the source of leakage has yet to be identified yet.
Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal who is in New Delhi asked DGP BJ Mahanta to find out the culprit behind the leakage of question papers.
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Guwahati: An united regional force against BJP seems to be a distant dream since AJP has little chance to be with KMSS to fight the 2021 assembly polls. Peasant leader Bhaskar D Saikia has urged AJP conveners to take KMSS on board adding that they would wait till September 20 for the response.
“We will wait till September 20. If we don’t get any response from their end we would decide our future course of action,” said Saikia. He said that division in the regional camp would be a historic blunder. But the AJP conveners have yet to react.
AJP was announced on Monday with the appointment of Jagdish Bhuyan as the chief coordinator. AASU and AJYCP had a few rounds of consultations and...
Guwahati: AJP is born against Congress, BJP and AIUDF. But these parties are least bothered. BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma said each of the AJP candidates will have to remain satisfied with maximum 1500 votes in the 2021 assembly polls. Talking to reporters in Guwahati, Sarma said, “the newly born party is most welcomed. But it must be ensured that the traders need not down the shutters fearing donation.”
State Congress president Ripun Bora said that AJP’s emergence won’t have any adverse impact on their party’s poll prospect at all. He said that if the new regional party wants to dislodge BJP from power the student leaders should step into the oppostion’s grand alliance. “We have...
Guwahati: Finally, AASU and AJYCP have announced new regional party 6 months ahead of assembly polls. A day after a brainstorming session of the two influential student and youth organizations conveners Basanta Deka and Krishnagopal Bhattacharya said that the new party would be named as Asom Jatiya Party (AJP).
They said that the organizational activities have started in the various district and sub divisional levels. “However, they will hold a political convention in October-end to be a full fledged regional political party by November. Jagdish has agreed to be the main convener of the new political party,” said the student leaders.
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New Delhi : In a major reshuffle just before the 2021 assembly polls, AICC has replaced Harish Rawat from Assam as state party in charge.
Senior Congress leader from Punjab Kuljit Singh will take over as Assam party in charge.
CWC has retained former CM Tarun Gogoi and replaced Gaurav Gogoi with former Silchar MP Sushmita Dev.
Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi urged anti BJP parties and forces to remain united.
Talking to reporters at the GMCH premises after his routine check up on Monday, Gogoi said that all parties including the proposed regional parties by the All Assam Students Union should stand tall under one flag to beat BJP in the 2021 assembly poll.
Gogoi gave hint of his party’s support to an united forum against BJP.
Guwahati: State Congress president Ripun Bora says if the party comes to power it would implement NYAY scheme where BPL families will receive Rs 7500 in a month.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday, Bora NYAY will challenge Aronodoy scheme, which the government launched recently promising Rs 830 in a month to 17 lakh poor families.
Bora further said that the BJP-led government announced a slew of schemes despite bad financial condition just to woo the voters for 2021 assembly polls.
Guwahati: AGP leader and former CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Guwahati. Mahanta, the 2 term Chief Minister was admitted in the hospital following his heart ailment.
CM Sarbananda Sonowal called up jis wife Jayashree Mahanta and wished his early recovery. A team of AGP also took stock of his health condition at the hospital.
Guwahati: The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-1) has strongly opposed the government’s permission to observe Durga puja during the endemic period and called it an attempt to appease the Hindus. In a statement, the proscribed outfit said that the government denied the permission to hold the much-vaunted Bohag Bihu apprehending spread of the killer virus and now has relaxed the protocols to observe the Durga puja.
Guwahati: Sensing backlash in the upcoming assembly polls because its failure to ensure ST status for 6 ethnic communities, the Assam Government has announced three autonomous councils for 3 ethnic communities.
State minister Chandan Brahma moved a bill for autonomous councils for Muttock, Moran and Koch Rajbanshi people which the assembly passed on Thursday.
But the government, according to sources, is contemplating to appease the Ahom, Adivashi and Chutiya people since they were desperately struggling for ST status.
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