Would Chandra Mohan Patowary bow down in front of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and Brindavan Goswami former two top brass of Asom Gana Parishad? As we have witnessed that Patowary has failed to revive his party though expectation remains large.He could not but bring some positive changes to it.In election politics he could not succeed.In the last Loka Sabha, under the leadership of Patowary AGP achieved nothing in the clear sense of the term.On the other hand its partner BJP has scored well in the then election.It is learnt that internal dissatisfaction especially from the grass root level workers has arisen over Patowary gradually since then.
He has to take all the responsibilities of failure of that election.Mentionable that Patowary took president ship of the party from his predecessor Brindavan Goswami through somewhat illegal means three years back.However,he could not prove himself as a successful leader.Now Patowary has decided to leave the top seat of the party, he said at Guwahati.He will announce this tomorrow at the decision making meeting of the party.In such a difficult situation, names of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and Brindavan Goswami gain momentum once again inside the party. Influence of Mahanta and Gowami can not be denied on the party. But all the leaders as well as grass root level workers are not expressing willingness till now to take Mahanta or Goswami as their president.It needs mention that some of the party workers fear Mahanta’s past image will damage its image.Simalary, Goswami’s weakness will push the party to a derogatory state. But for Patowary as a leader of Assam Agitation, it will be considered as an utter failure if he shall have to vacant the seat notwithstanding his initiatives for revival of the party.
The land swap deal continues to face flak in Assam. The last one to join the cry is the All Assam Gorkha Students’ Union. Addressing a function in Guwahati, the students body publicity secretary Kirti Dewan sharply criticized the government for the Indo-Bangla land swap deal where Assam lost 288 lakh sq ft land to Bangladesh. Criticizing chef minister Tarun Gogoi, Dewan said that thousands of indegenous Assamese people are being left homeless because of flood and erosion in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts of Assam. In this back drop he questioned the deal struck in Bangladesh.
The acrimony over the molestation incident in Guwahati seems to have spread to New Delhi when hundreds students staged dharna in front of the Assam House on Friday. The outrage against the incident continued as members of the civil society staged a protest before the Assam Bhavan in the national. The protestors met the Resident Commissioner of Assam in New Delhi and urged him to ask Dispur to take strict action against the incident.
26 Jan 2009 - 6:38pm | editor
Defying the militant diktat and a chill Assam joined the 60th Republic Day celebrations on Monday. Assam Governor SC Mathur unfurled the national tricolour and took salute of the army, police and para military forces at the central function in Guwahati's Latasheel Playground. In his address, the governor made a clarion call to the militant outfits operating in the state to eschew the path of violence and to come forward for talk.
Four separatist groups in Assam, Manipur and Tripura have announced a 17-hour general strike from 1am to 6pm on Monday to enforce the boycott call. The militant outfit that called for a boycott of the Republic Day celebrations include the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom , the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation and Manipur People's Liberation Front.
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