'Assam CM Sonowal Involved in Coal Syndicate': Nagaon MP

Digboi, June 23, 2019:

Nagaon MP Pradyut Bordoloi on Sunday alleged that Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal has been involved in the coal-syndicate running in the Margherita Assembly constituency.

The Congress leader also alleged involvement of administration, forest department and the Assam government officials and media persons in the syndicate.

The statement was made during a felicitation programme of Digboi Congress where the MP said that CM Sonowal is also involved in the coal-syndicate running in the State.

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Bordoloi said, “The incident in Margherita is very unfortunate. Many government officials, journalists are involved in the syndicate. They are surfacing the entire rat-hole mining which has led to the death of many mine workers. It is running under the surveillance of CM Sarbananda Sonowal.” said Bordoloi.

He said that the coal-syndicate has been going on in Jagun, Namfai, Ledo and other parts of the easternmost region of the State.

It may be mentioned that Congress leader Pradyut Bordoloi won the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 against his BJP candidate Rupak Sarma.

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