Assembly Speaker asks public representative not to make controversial statements

Guwahati, November 5, 2018:

Following the the Dhola incident, speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly, Hitendra Nath Goswami has warned the “public representatives and figures” to maintain command over their statements in order to maintain peace in the society.

Goswami said that the MLAs should marginalize their statements as they hold huge responsibilities towards the society. The MLAs should distance themselves from controversial subjects which may create a sense of tension in the state.

His statements came after various organisation in the state demanded the arrest of a BJP MLA who has been accused of making several statements that have created a communal drift in the state.

It may be mentioned that on November 1, five persons of a particular community were killed by unidentified gunmen dressed in Army camouflage uniforms. It has been suspected that thegunmen were militants of the proscribed United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) but the outfit later on denied having any involvement in the killings.

Some organisations have even alleged that the government is involved in the killings.

So far the police have arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in the case.

Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order), Assam, Mukesh Agrawal said that they are still investigating the involvement of the anti-talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom, in the Dhola mayhem.

Talking exclusively to InsideNe, Agrawal said “Though the Ulfa (I) has denied its involvement, we are keeping all options open. We don’t close the chapters just because someone has denied.”

Agrawal said “We are on the job and a full fledged investigation is on. As part of our investigation, we have arrested an Ulfa (I) linkman Babanand Gogoi alias Jintu alias Dikla. We have got five days police custody of Gogoi and we are working to find out forward and backward linkage with the incident.”

Agrawal added that they are not forming any conclusive opinion who was directly behind the investigation.