ULFA-I uses guerrilla tactic only for self defence and not for waging any waragainstIndia, said Dr Abhizeet Asom.
In a message sent to media on the Protest Day on Saturday, the ULFA-I chairman said that the outfit has been struggling to save the rights of the indigenous people of Assam.
According to the elusive ULFA-I leader, the "immature" studentleaders who spearheaded the Assam Agitation surrendered before New Delhi when they signed an accord to deport Bangladeshi aliens in 1985 with Rajiv Gandhi.
"However, India in contrast is seeking military solution to our legitimate struggle to establish our birthright as enshrined in international statues and our indigenous masses are responding to the call of the hour to own what belong to them," said the ULFA supremo.
He further spoke of the India, Bangladesh land deal with reference to the history of East Pakistan. The outfit also said that the move to give refugee status to the non-Muslim Bangladeshis are strange.
Opposition consensus candidate Haidor Hussain said that he would further refrain from active political party.After his defeat in the Rajya Sabha polls on Friday, he told reporters in Dispur that his defeat was on the expected line in view of the gradual erosion of unity among the Opposition parties.But he said he agreed to give his consent to the proposal in view of overwhelming support from across the state. He had to remain satisfied with only 26 votes.
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad has suspended Padma Hazarika for 6 years alleging his intentional mistake in the voting in the Rajya Sabha polls.The decision was taken at the party’s steering committee meeting after the announcement of the poll results.Senior party leaders agreed that the mistake was intentional which was why, his vote was cancelled giving a big blow to the prospect of the Opposition consensus candidate Haidor Hussain.
Amid controversy over Prasanta Phukan’s vote, BJP leadership has claimed that not even a single vote of the party legislators have been found invalid.According state unit president Sarbananda Sonowal, all BJP votes were valid and that the question of secret understanding does not arise.Phukan also claimed to have done nothing wrong while he was casting his vote favouring the Opposition consensus vote in the Rajya Sabha polls on Friday.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that he was the happiest of all in the Congress to have ensured the victory of the two ruling party candidates apart from the BPF candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls.Talking to reporters after the announcement of the poll results in Dispur, Gogoi criticized the Opposition unity saying that an unholy alliance does not last long.
After his victory in the Rajya Sabha polls on Friday, Dr Sanjay Singh said that he was never an outsider and that he would always think of the people of Assam in his mind.He told reporters that he would raise his voice on behalf of Assam and the Assamese in Parliament. Dr Sinh and his wife arrived in Guwahati when polling was going on.
Assam Congress is upbeat with the Rajya Sabha poll results after it was formally announced on Friday evening.Hundreds of Congress activists thronged the Rajiv Bhawan and started bursting fire crackers to celebrate the victory. Sweets are being served among the Congress activists in the Rajiv Bhawan.
Cancellation of five crucial votes stymied the poll prospect of Opposition candidate Haidor Hussain. These mistakes, mostly, are allegedly intentional.BJP legislator Prasanta Phukan’s vote stood cancelled the moments after he displayed his ballot paper to all the party agents and observers after casting his vote. BJP sources called it unintentional.But AGP would hardly excuse Padma Hazarika for giving a tick mark in the ballot paper ignoring the laid down instructions available in the guidelines. Party leaders called it an inexcusable error.AIUDF MLA Gopinath Das signed the ballot paper forcing the authorities to cancel it at the eleventh hour.TMC MLA Dwipen Pathok also voted in the wrong...
The suspense is over. Its victory for Bhubneswar Kalita, Dr Sanjay Sinh and Biswajeet Daimary in the Rajya Sabha polls on Friday.Congress candidates Bhuneswar Kalita and Dr Singh got 32 votes each while the alliance BPF candidate got 29 votes. Haidor Hussain had to remain satisfied with 26 votes.In a major setback for the Opposition camp, six votes stood cancelled. This has become a staggering blow for the prospect of the Opposition consensus candidate. Barring Ataur Rahman Majarbhuyan, all legislators have exercised their franchise for the three seats in the Upper House.
Hundreds of KMSS activists in Silchar staged protest in protest against the absence of Katigarh MLA Ataur Rahman Majarbhuyan in the Rajya Sabha polling on Friday which paved the way for easy win for Congress and BPF candidates.Shouting slogans against the MLA the protestors warned him of dire consequences in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and in the next assembly polls.Later police rushed to the spot and disperse the protestors.
The Asom Gana Parishad steering committee is all set to meet in Guwahati on Friday afternoon to discuss the post-Rajya Sabha poll situation.Reliable sources told Assam Times that the crucial meeting is likely to clear stern action against Padma Hazarika whose vote is likely to stand cancelled.The party legislator from Sotea placed tick mark instead of the prescribed number in the ballot paper. The polling observer’s statement would be considered in this meeting. The mistake is a setback for the Opposition consensus candidate Haidor Hussain.
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