Staff reporter
Guwahati: BJP Assam Pradesh president Dilip Saikia has demanded that Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi should be barred from contesting any future elections due to his extremist communal remarks that could destroy social harmony. On Monday, the MP from Darrang-Udalguri Dilip Saikia said that the BJP has already submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission against Akhil Gogoi for his divisive comment that Muslims should not vote for the BJP.
Saikia criticized Akhil Gogoi’s comments as inappropriate, insensitive, and the ultimate expression of appeasement politics, especially since Gogoi represents a proud and historically significant constituency like Sivasagar. Saikia remarked that it is a grave insult to Assamese pride that someone elected from the heartland of the Ahoms, who defeated the Mughals, would now side with the Mughals. He added that self-respecting Assamese people have reacted with disgust to Akhil Gogoi’s statement.
On the other hand, regarding the attack on Congress leader and MP Pradyut Bordoloi’s car by miscreants, the BJP Assam Pradesh severely condemned the incident. However, president Saikia rejected and criticized attempts to drag CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma into the controversy.
Saikia further mentioned that the Chief Minister has already ordered an investigation into the incident. He also stated that such incidents might be pre-planned by Congress itself or part of a dangerous blueprint to malign the BJP’s image among the public. Saikia concluded by emphasizing that neither the BJP party nor the government has ever endorsed or encouraged any kind of violence against opposition political leaders or workers.
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