Title: Re: [Assam] Prafulla, are you wearing the Indian
Tilak sm
That was an interesting picture: Of Prafulla Mahanta's forehead
smeared in red.
Did he turn into BJP?
At 11:28 AM + 2/19/06, Bartta Bistar wrote:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060219/asp/northeast/story_5865297.asp
Please visit the link to see the
Photograph relevant to the posting.
Mahanta in PIL excuse A STAFF
REPORTER
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060219/asp/northeast/story_5865297.asp
Mahanta: Seeks exemption
Guwahati, Feb. 18: Former Assam
chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta today sought to be exempted from
deposing before the Justice K.N. Saikia Commission, which is probing
the so-called secret killings that occurred during his tenure at
Dispur.
Mahanta argued that he has been made a
party in a public interest litigation (PIL) which has been filed in
the apex court to seek a CBI probe into the killings.
He contended that since the Supreme Court
has issued a notice to him on the PIL, the matter is now sub judice
and so he should be exempted from appearing before the one-man inquiry
commission till the apex court disposes of the PIL.
Mahanta presented his plea when the
commission was hearing government witnesses in connection with the
attempt on the life of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chhatra Parishad leader
Ananta Kalita by secret killers in 1999.
Apart from Mahanta, the Supreme Court has
also issued notices to the Centre and the Assam government.
During counter-insurgency
operations, many persons were killed either by the security forces or
by militant groups. The term secret killings is baseless and
politically motivated. Neither the Centre nor the state government is
involved in the killings of the family members of Ulfa militants,
Mahanta told mediapersons.
He claimed that the Tarun Gogoi
government succumbed to political pressure and rejected the interim
report of the J.N. Sarma Commission that give him a clean chit after
probing the secret killings.
The issue of secret killings is now
being used to ruin my political career as Saurav Baurah, the man
behind Aalok, the NGO that filed the PIL in the Supreme Court, is a
Congress man, Mahanta said.
He again came out in support of the
demand for a CBI inquiry, as sought by the NGO.
Pranab Goswami, political secretary of
Mahantas party, the Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive), pointed out
that the party president had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
seeking a CBI probe into the secret killings.
So far, Dispur has constituted three
inquiry commissions to probe the killings, but they have not succeeded
in finding out the truth.
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