AGP’s plea to act upon Hojai’s charges

GUWAHATI, Aug 20 – Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today called for urgent steps to assess the bank accounts of those against whom the finger of accusation has been raised by Niranjan Hojai, the prime accused in the multi-crore NC Hills (Dima Hasao) District scam.

The party has further demanded that the Central Government should initiate steps to extract specific information as to whom the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) (DHD-J) C-in-C Niranjan Hojai had meant when he said that Ministers were also involved in the NC Hills scam.

AGP chief spokesman Atul Bora today told this newspaper that the Central Government has failed to act in the desired manner in regard to the NC Hills scam despite there being tremendous pressure from the people and the Opposition. This is a very shameful development in a democratic country, which boasts itself to be the largest democratic country in the world, Bora said.

Bora also alleged that the Congress-led Government in the State has lost its moral rights to be in power because of its failure to provide

security to the life and property of the State’s people in the Charaipung area on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.

Due to the failure of the Assam Government to make its presence felt in the area, miscreants belonging to Arunachal Pradesh and the Naga militant organization NSCN have posed serious threat to the life and property of the State’s people living in that area since August 13, Bora alleged.

This is despite the statement made by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on the floor of the Assam Assembly that none of the neighbouring states would be allowed to grab even a small piece of land belonging to Assam, he said.

The local as well as the district administration have failed to contain the miscreants who have been making life hell of the Assam people in Charaipung area. To add to all these, none of the Ministers has visited the area to meet the affected people and also to assess the situation, Bora said.