Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused of running nefarious cartel of meat, fish and onion across the state. Talking to reporters in Guwahati, state unit president Sarbananda Sonowal said that the Congress government has been patronizing the cartel. He said that these cartels were responsible for soaring onion prices. He further dared the government to take action against these cartel runners.
Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha and the President of Jatiya Dal-Asom, has filed an FIR against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and several other ministers and MLAs. The FIR, addressed to the Officer-In-Charge of Dispur Police Station, alleges that the statements made by these constitutional functionaries constitute hate speeches against a particular community.
In the FIR, Bhuyan refers to recent press statements made by Chief Minister Sarma, in which he allegedly asked people from Upper Assam to come to Guwahati and promised to clear the city of "Mias." These statements, widely available on social media, are seen as intended to create divisions among...
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