On cement syndicates in the State, Boro said: “A top RSS leader is controlling the cement syndicate in the State. In the past one year, the price of cement has gone up by Rs 100 a bag. The syndicate of cement is hiking prices on its own under political patroge. This is not all. The evasion of tax from cement that enters to the State from the neighbouring States is rampant. The modus operandi is allowing a large number of truckloads of cement against a single challan. The godowns at Byrnihat, Betola and Assam Site have over 50,000 tonnes of cement. However, 50 per cent of them are supplied illegally. The syndicate is run by a top RSS leader who has an education network in the State. The BJP government at Dispur didn’t take up the issue of checking cement prices at their meeting with cement company owners. After the meeting, the prices of cement went up, pouring cold water into people’s dreams of erecting houses.”