The Department of Promotion of Industries and Internal Trade (internal trade and e-commerce section) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry nominated Rupam Goswami as a member of the (NTWB) for a.
The opposition Congress in Assam skipped a key meeting alleging the Election Commission did not reply to its appeal on a meeting on district boundary irregularities.
BJP spokespersons Rupam Goswami and Kalyan Gogoi stated that the Congress looks at the Northeast through the eyes of a stepmother from the past, at a press meet