STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: All the State committees of the APCC (Assam Pradesh Congress Committee) will carry out a series of protests from July 7 to 17 against the spiralling prices of petrol, diesel and essential commodities.
The APCC on Monday informed the media that the decision to stage the protests was taken in an AICC (All India Congress Committee) meeting convened on June 28. In the meeting, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had issued instructions to State committees to carry out the protests.
On Sunday, in a zoom meeting of all district presidents with AICC general secretary and APCC in-charge Jitendra Singh Alwar and APCC president Ripun Bora along with MPs and senior leaders, a series of programmes were chalked out.
Assam polls: Sushmita Dev annoyed with seat allocation, Congress denies rumours of her resignation ANI | Updated: Mar 06, 2021 17:30 IST
By Siddharth Sharma
Dispur (Assam) [India], March 6 (ANI): Congress leader and former Member of Parliament Sushmita Dev has been left annoyed with the seat-sharing method employed in the party s alliance with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in Assam ahead of the assembly polls.
According to sources, Sushmita, who is the president of the All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), is upset with the seat allocation to AIUDF in Silchar, her own constituency and also about the selection of candidates in Silchar.
She has also expressed her objection regarding the consideration of an ex-MLA from one of the assembly seats. Sushmita also approached Congress state in-charge Bhawar Jitendra Singh over the issue, as per sources.
Updated: Saturday, January 9, 2021, 17:46 [IST]
Guwahati, Jan 09: Condemning the withdrawal of party MLA Debabrata Saikia s status of Leader of Opposition in the Assam assembly, the Congress accused Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami of acting as a BJP agent . Saikia lost that status as the present strength of the party in the 126-member House is one less than the required number of 21 MLAs, according to an official notification.
Hitendra Nath Goswami
Hitendra Nath Goswami is acting as a BJP agent rather than the Speaker of the House and it is a clear political move ahead of the assembly election due in March-April this year, AICC Media Department Chairperson Bobbeeta Sharma said in a statement on Thursday.