APCC President Ripun Bora Demands High-Level Inquiry into Firing at Golaghat Congress Leader's House

Guwahati, January 3, 2020:

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora on Friday demanded a high-level inquiry against the open firing at Mandal president of Dhekiyal village in Assam’s Golaghat district.

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Addressing the media here today, Ripun Bora said, “Bismita Gogoi, a former minister rang me up to inform that yesterday at her constituency in Dhekiyal village, the Mandal president’s house was attacked. Some unidentified miscreants open fired at the house while the Mandal Congress Committee was holding some discussion.”

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Claiming that the people of the region have accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA of Khumtai, Mrinal Saikia’s involvement in the incident, Bora demanded a high-level inquiry into the indiscriminate firing at the Mandal president’s residence.

The APCC President pointed out Mrinal Saikia’s statement where he had urged his supporters to attack CAA protesters and recalled Himanta Biswa Sarma’s statement where he had said, “protest should be stronger and violent”.

Citing these examples, Ripun Bora questioned, “Are these statements of the BJP leaders not provocative?”

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Moreover, the Congress leader mentioned that in the Assam Assembly that has been called on January 13, the Congress will pass a resolution to the state and the central governments to implement the Assam Accord and scrap the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

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