Much to a major boost for Congress in rank and file in Assam, Prashant Kishore has agreed to help the ruling party in the assembly polls March next year.
The brain behind the grand alliance in Bihar, who held a round of informal talks with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recently, left New Delhi for Guwahati on Thursday afternoon.
Sources told Assam Times in New Delhi that the poll Chanakya will hunker down with Tarun Gogoi and Rahul Gandhi on Friday to finalise the pre poll strategy when the Congress vice president will on a two days visit to the state on Friday.
"Gogoi recently talked to Prashant at the instance of Rahulji who agreed, in principle, to help Gogoi retain the power in Dispur," said a senior AICC leader.
Notably, former Chief Minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta met Kishore in the capital on Tuesday evening and discuss the strategy an anti-Congress and anti-BJP wave in Assam. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar helped Mahanta met the poll strategist at the Bihar Bhawan in the evening.
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Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday asked Shantikam Hazarika to go on leave. The bid to end SEBA deadlock came up when AASU leaders talked to chief minister at Koinadhara on Wednesday. Then the AASU leaders decided to call off the indefinite sit-in at SEBA office premises. Gogoi told the AASU delegation that Hazarika cant be replaced without any recommendation by the panel probing the allegations against the SEBA.
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The Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger level at Nematighat in Jorhat district, Burhidehing in Dibrugarh district, Desang in Sibsagar and Jia Bharali in Sonitpur. In Majuli alone, at least Rs 195 crore have been spent for flood control in the last four years. Agriculture was also affected as about 6,000 hectares were flooded with standing crops like rice being ruined.
The overall flood situation deteriorates further. Some more villages have come under water. With these, the number of villages under water in Dhemaji, Chirang and Lakhimpur districts has gone up to 350 villages in 11 districts where one lakh people have been affected.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to discuss the situation and extended the central help.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi congratulated boxer Shiva Thapa for becoming the youngest pugilist from the country to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan.In a statement, the chief minister said the state was proud of the teenager, who has clinched the title in the 56 kg category on Monday with his dedication, sincerity and training.Thapa defeated local favourite Obada Alkabeh in the final on a split decision of 2-1 after fighting out a tactically superior bout.
Two more wild elephants died in Nagaon and Udalguri districts on Tuesday.The first incident took place when a three-year-old male calf died after it slipped into a deep drain in Amsoi Tea Estate after getting separated from its herd. A male adult jumbo was electrocuted at Nalapara in the Borangajuli revenue circle in the Indo-Bhutan area. The elephant, which had come out of Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary on the foothills of Himalayas, died after it came in contact with high-tension wires.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is organizing a day long outreach seminar to sensitize stakeholders on various provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA).The seminar will be held on Friday. The venue is ITA Pragjyoti Auditorium, MG Road, Machkhowa, Guwahati.The Ministry of Home Affairs has invited different organisations for the seminar and the details of the programme about the seminar are available on the official website of Ministry.
A high level meeting in Dispur on Monday is set to discuss a slew of measures to effectively deal with the anomalies in eggs, fish and chicken pricing.To be presided over by Chief secretary PP Verma, the meeting would be attended by the finance secretary HS Das who unearthed the anomalies. Das in his letter to Verma revealed that fish, eggs procured in water price with the help of the government are being sold in exorbitant prices in the markets. He said that an egg is procured for Rs 1.04 is sold for Rs 4.50 in the open market. Same it is in the case of the Andhra Pradesh fish which is available for Rs 20 per kg to be sold at Rs 200 in the market.
An uneasy situation prevails in Mancachar where an indefinite curfew is in force. The curfew was clamped from Sunday evening following clashes in which two policemen were injured a police vehicle was set on fire.Trouble brewed when people from Garo Hills, Meghalaya, crossed the Kanu river and came to Mancachar for shopping. Then a section of the local residents beat up some of them. In retaliation, when people from Mancachar went to Monabari, Meghalaya, they were beaten up. Tension started escalating further on Sunday when a body was found floating on Kanu river.
The All Assam Students Union refuses to call off its sit –in at the SEBA office premises. The decision was confirmed on Sunday after the crucial meeting with education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma failed on the removal of chairman Shantikam Hazarika. Dr Sarma said that Hazarika can’t be removed without the recommendation of the panel probing the anomalies in SEBA. Then AASU leaders decided to continue the protest even after secretary Dayaram Rajbanshi resigned.
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