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As BJP fields Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari, Assam CM debate heats up
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Sarma, who heads at least five major ministries in Assam and who manages BJP’s affairs across the eight Northeast states has, on several occasions, said that he is not keen on contesting the 2021 assembly polls and wants to work for the party. He, however, added that the final decision in this regard will be made by the party.
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BJP’s decision to field seasoned politician Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari has kept alive the chief ministerial debate in poll-bound Assam.
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GUWAHATI: The Assam government is going to deposit Rs 3,000 through DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) in each of the eight lakh accounts of tea garden labourers, at a function here on February 6. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be the chief guest at the function.
Earlier also, the State government had deposited Rs 5,000 in two equal installments to each of the accounts of the tea-estate labourers.
These payments will cost Rs 240 crore to the State exchequer.
Reacting to the move,
ACMS (Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangh) general secretary Rupesh Gowala said, Before the last Lok Sabha election the State government deposited Rs 5,000 in two equal installments to around 7.21 lakh accounts of tea garden workers. Now in the run-up to the Assembly election, the State government is depositing Rs 3,000 to each of the around eight tea estate workers accounts.