Himanta Biswa Sarma cannot continue with the BJP’s evasive position on citizenship
The transfer of power in Assam, from Sarbananda Sonowal to Himanta Biswa Sarma was a smooth affair albeit mediated by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s central leadership. Mr. Sarma has been the key strategist and troubleshooter for the BJP, not only in Assam, but in the entire northeast, for six years now. It would have been unsustainable for the party to keep him away from the post of the Chief Minister any longer. He was a key figure in the Congress until 2015, when he walked out of it to instantly emerge as the face of the BJP. A champion of pluralism as a Congress leader, Mr. Sarma grew strident as a polarising figure in Assam as a BJP leader. The BJP won Assam for a second consecutive time on the back of intense Hindu consolidation that swept through autonomous tribal regions, and across Bengali and Assamese speakers. Mr. Sarma has said his government would expand the welfare schemes started in t
Gauhati High Court stays termination of 252 NRC workers
By IANS |
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Fri, May 7 2021 22:12 IST |
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Guwahati, May 7 : The Gauhati High Court has stayed the termination of 252 Junior Assistants engaged on contract basis to update Assam s National Register of Citizens (NRC), as monitored by the Supreme Court.
The JAs were served a termination notice on March 26, three days after the Registrar General of India ordered the closure of the NRC office in Assam and refused to sanction funds after March 31.
The JAs were engaged in February 2015 at the district, sub-division and circle levels with fixed monthly remuneration for NRC-related works.