The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to destroy the "liberal Assamese identity" through various designs and schemes, including the Citizenship Amendment Act and Hindutva politics.Senior Congress leader Pradyut Bordoloi .
Elections to the 126-member Assam Legislative Assembly will be held early next year.
The AJP, meanwhile, put out a statement Saturday evening, asking who was responsible for bringing in the CAA despite opposition in Assam and consequently forcing its people to come out in protest.
Shah said Assam had two major issues infiltration and floods. “You tell me, can the Congress and other parties stop infiltration? Infiltration can be stopped only by the BJP government. Infiltration affects our culture, our literature, takes away opportunity from youths and hampers our development.”
Focusing on Assam’s Vaishnavite heritage, Shah laid the foundation stone for a Rs 188-crore project to develop and beautify Bardowa Than, the birthplace of the revered Vaishnavite reformer Srimanta Sankardev.
Majuli Session Court slaps fine on Xatradhikar Janardhan Dev Goswami
A warrior against alluring religious conversion, Xatradhikar Janardhan Dev Goswami, has been fined Rs 10,500 by the Majuli Session Court on the charge of his involvement in the dismantling of a makeshift church in the largest riverine island of Majuli. The Court delivered its verdict on Friday.
CONVERSION OF RELIGION IN MAJULI
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GUWAHATI: A warrior against alluring religious conversion, Xatradhikar Janardhan Dev Goswami, has been fined Rs 10,500 by the Majuli Session Court on the charge of his involvement in the dismantling of a makeshift church in the largest riverine island of Majuli. The Court delivered its verdict on Friday.
Amit Shah
GUWAHATI: Union home minister Amit Shah, who will visit the state on December 26, will launch the renovation work of the 15th century Batadrava Than in Nagaon district, the first prayer hall built by Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardev, and lay the foundation for the construction of the northeast’s biggest medical college and hospital here.
Shah will also launch the construction work for 10 law colleges in the state from the same venue at Amingaon on the north of Guwahati.
The saint, who brought together the numerous communities and tribes of Assam, had established the ‘kirtanghar’ at Batadrava in 1468. The complex, called as Sri Sri Batadrava Than, was completed in 1509.
Guwahati Press Club felicitated social activist Habib Choudhury
Renowned social activist and businessman Habib Mohammad Choudhury was felicitated by the members of Guwahati Press Club on Wednesday for his developmental works at the Club itself.
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GUWAHATI: Renowned social activist and businessman Habib Mohammad Choudhury was felicitated by the members of Guwahati Press Club on Wednesday for his developmental works at the Club itself.
He carried out the renovation of
Guwahati Press Club through his foundation named JF Foundation for Humanity which is named after his parents. Habib Mohammad Choudhury, who recruits many people from Assam, hails from Hojai and is a well known businessman in Laos. He is a socially active person who serves his motherland during the COVID pandemic and also during floods.