Guwahati: Eknath Shinde, a rebellious Maharashtra minister left the Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati on Friday and is travelling to Mumbai.
This comes after Bhupen Kumar Borah; the president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) asked the Shiv Sena leader and his group of MLAs living in Guwahati of Assam to leave the state as soon as possible because their presence is damaging the state’s reputation.
In a letter addressed to the rebel leader Shinde, Borah wrote, “Your presence in Guwahati with MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena from Maharashtra, who have been kept in a hotel for alleged horse-trading to topple the elected Government of Maharashtra and the continued media coverage of the same, has not gone well with the Assamese people and is creating an unhealthy atmosphere.”
Borah claimed that the politicians from Maharashtra had drawn attention to themselves as a result of the flooding in the state and the entire northeast.
He wrote, “Moreover, Assam is facing a devastating flood situation and the flood affected people are suffering severely in absence of adequate flood reliefs. According to government data, altogether 107 people have died in flood and landslides since April 6, out of which 65 since June 14 only and 55 lakh people of 32 districts out of 35 districts are adversely affected.”
“In such a critical and deplorable situation of the state, your presence in Guwahati and the busy activities of Assam Govt. in providing royal hospitality to you, is quite unfair and unacceptable. Assam has been defamed by your presence considering Guwahati as a safe haven for MLAs who have no respect for constitutional values and loyalty at all,” he added.
The Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was also targeted by the Assam Congress president, who claimed that his support for Shinde and his allies “had tarnished the reputation of Assam and Assamese people.”
He wrote, “But the present CM Dr. Himanta BiswaSarma has proved himself to be nothing but a wheeler dealer encouraging and supporting political horse-trading in Assam. The BJP CM and the Government’s support to your presence here has sullied the image of Assam and Assamese people. Sarma and the Government machinery should be busy with the management of the flood crisis but your presence here has been standing as a hindrance.”
