Newly-elected BTC member accused in a minor s rape case
Ghanashyam Das, a GSP member recently elected to BTC, was arrested on various charges last year including a minor s rape case.
| 17 Dec 2020 5:12 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: A newly-elected member of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) hailing from the ruling Gana Surkasha Party (GSP) was found guilty in a minor s rape case last year. Reports have it that Ghanashyam Das was registered on grounds of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and even arrested, although he was released on bail after a few months.
Ghanashyam Das was sworn-in on Tuesday as an executive member of the Council and had won the contest from the Dihira seat. As the reports came to light, Child Rights Activist and the media have been trying to reach Das although he remains holed up in a Guwahati hotel.
The ruling BJP in Assam almost turned the swearing-in ceremony of the new Bodoland Territorial Council members in Kokrajhar on Tuesday into a campaign for the 2021 Assembly polls.
The ruling party, which emerged as the kingmaker in the recent BTC polls by ending Bodoland People’s Front’s 17-year reign, still seemed to be in poll mode, which was evident from the speeches of cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
Apart from urging the people to support the newly appointed BTC chief Pramod Boro, the two leaders slipped in what the state government intended to do in the next few months for the welfare of the people living in the council area.
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Pramod Boro takes oath as Bodoland Territorial Council chief
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Sonowal, on the occasion. expressed his gratitude to all sections of the voters for electing the new members for a new Council. He also said that the council, led by Pramod Boro, would take all the people belonging to Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri on board towards development.
Guwahati: New chief executive member (CEM) of sixth schedule Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Pramod Boro took oath of office in Kokrajhar.
Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah administered him oath of office. The Chief Secretary also administered Gobinda Basumatary as the Deputy Chief and Gautam Das, Ghanashyam Das and Diganta Baruah as members of the Council in presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
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GUWAHATI: Seventeen years since it was created as a political solution to the Bodo agitation for a separate state, Assam s Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) on Tuesday got a new chief in former student leader Pramod Bodo.
He was sworn in as the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the autonomous council at a programme held in Kokrajhar. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were among dignitaries in attendance.
Gobinda Basumatary of the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) took oath as the Deputy CEM. He is a former leader of a faction of the insurgent group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).