Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday criticised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's administration, alleging large-scale corruption and erosion of the state's cultural identity.
Speaking with ANI, Gogoi claimed that the Chief Minister is "trying to bring trainloads of BJP workers into Assam from other states and get their names registered in the voters' list." He said such attempts were aimed at "reducing the strength of the Assamese vote."
"Try. Fail. Repeat. In 3 back-to-back ops, the drug mafia got a Bollywood-style beating: 255.641 kg Ganja (₹1.2 Cr) 1.985 kg Morphine (~₹1.9 Cr) + 9.44 kg Opium (₹47.5 L) + 1 arrested," CM Sarma's X post read.
Sharing a post on X on Thursday, the Chief Minister informed that the state and North East residents may soon no longer need to travel to Delhi or Mumbai for visa-related biometrics, as the state gears up to host a dedicated visa facilitation centre.
CM Sarma is on a visit to London, United Kingdom to try to bring back the sacred Vrindavani Vastra back to Assam. The artefact is in the British Museum currently. On his first day in London, Assam CM visited the city's waterfront.
"As of now, we have arrested 17 people, who have directly or indirectly lauded the Delhi blast. We have zero tolerance towards this. We are currently examining over 100 social media posts. We will continue to arrest such people until we crack down the whole ecosystem," he said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the distribution of entrepreneurship capital cheques to 36,834 members of self-help groups (SHGs) under the Mukhyamantrir Mahila Udyamita Abhiyan at a programme held in the premises of Swahid Kanaklata Barua State University at Bholaguri,
In a move toward strengthening the social security net for State government employees, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday presented insurance benefit cheques to seven families at a function held at Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati, a press release said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday hit out at the Congress party for criticising the state government's financial assistance scheme for women.
Speaking to reporters, Chief Minister Sarma said, "We had identified suspected persons - 1 each in Tamulpur and Karbi Anglong, 2 each in Sonitpur and Golaghat, 3 in Bongaigaon, 2 in Goalpara, 4 in Barpeta, 1 in Cachar, 3 in Nalbari, 2 in Hojai, 1 in Baksa, 3 in Darrang, 1 in Jorhat, 2 in