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Swaraj India founder and activist Yogendra Yadav on Sunday slammed the BJP-led state government for jailing Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi and called for the defeat of the ruling party in the upcoming state polls.
Yadav was part of the visiting six-member Samyukta Kishan Morcha delegation which attended an interactive session on the topic “Farmers’ protest, contemporary political situation and the Responsibilities of democratic Citizens” at the Cotton University here.
“Those who should be in jail are outside and those who should be free are in jail. Akhil’s is not a criminal trial, it is a political trial. It is also a trial of the judicial system!
Akhil Gogoi
GUWAHATI: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) has filed a petition before the Supreme Court, challenging the Gauhati High Court order which rejected the bail plea of the peasants’ body chief Akhil Gogoi.
“After a prolonged hearing, the honourable Gauhati High Court rejected the bail plea of Gogoi. Thereafter, we had decided to move the Supreme Court challenging the order and accordingly we filed a petition on January 27,” advocate Shantanu Borthakur said.
However, no date has been fixed for hearing by the court as of now.
The high court, while rejecting the bail plea, observed that Gogoi had sent 15 members of his organization to camps to get them trained like Maoists. The court also said there were monetary transactions between Gogoi and the CPI (Maoist).