Guwahati: A day after a plastic water bottle was hurled at the convoy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during his visit to Golaghat, the district police detained six individuals, including prominent Congress workers, in connection with the incident on Tuesday.
Among those detained are Pallab Chetia, Secretary of the Golaghat District Congress Committee, and Rahul Phukan, the son of a former Block Congress Secretary. Both are reportedly close associates of Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi.
Condemning the act, Golaghat BJP MLA Biswajit Phukan said, “Throwing a two-litre bottle at the Chief Minister reflects the Congress party’s mindset. Their politics is rooted in disruption.”
Phukan alleged that Congress “cannot tolerate the CM’s popularity.”
While no injuries were reported and the bottle did not hit any vehicle directly, Assam Power Minister Prasanta Phukan termed the incident as “serious security breach” and demanded stern action.
“This is nothing short of an attempt on the Chief Minister’s life. The mindset behind such acts is dangerous,” h. e added
He called for an immediate review of the chief minister’s security cover.
The incident, captured on video, has sparked a political blame game. In response, the BJP staged protests in Dibrugarh on Tuesday, calling for action and a public apology from Congress.
The Congress called the incident a politically motivated ploy. APCC senior spokesperson Rituporn Konwar claimed that Partha Sarathi Bora, Rupantar Tanti, Krishna Chutia, and Rahul Phukan, all Youth Congress members, had been “illegally detained.”
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“These youth leaders were not even at the protest site when the convoy passed. They were taken into custody an hour earlier during a peaceful protest against cattle theft,” Konwar alleged.
