Assam MLA hits govt servant, attracts the ire of staff’ union

Express News Service

GUWAHATI: An Assam MLA has courted controversy by assaulting an worker of the state authorities on the Secretariat, the state’s seat of energy.

The incident riled the Sadou Asam Karmachari Parishad (staff’ physique) a lot that it determined to reject the MLA, Jayanta Basumatary, who’s from the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL). It additionally made an attraction to the voters of Sidli constituency to not re-elect the “impolite” Basumatary once more.

The UPPL is an ally of the BJP and a part of the state’s three-party ruling coalition.

The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when the MLA visited the Secretariat to fulfill Transport secretary Adil Khan. He misplaced his cool and slapped junior assistant, Bibhuti Bhattacharya, after the latter had requested him to replenish the guests’ slip earlier than letting him in.

“I couldn’t recognise him and requested him to fill up the visitors’ slip. He identified himself and said an MLA is not required to do this formality. I said this is the government protocol but he got angry and slapped me,” the sufferer advised journalists.

After he had lodged a written criticism with the workers’ union, the workers staged a protest exterior the Secretariat demanding motion towards the MLA. They additionally determined to not cooperate with him and rejected him.

“We don’t want an MLA, who does not have the basic manners, to come to the Secretariat. We appeal to the voters of Sidli not to make such a person an MLA again,” the workers’ union mentioned.

“If an employee is not safe at the Secretariat, he cannot be safe anywhere. He was assaulted for performing his duties sincerely. We appeal to the Chief Minister (Himanta Biswa Sarma) and the Chief Secretary (Jishnu Baruah) to give us justice. We will not relent,” the union mentioned.

According to it, the sufferer has a listening to impairment in a single ear and he was hit on the opposite.

UPPL president Pramod Bodo apologized for the incident.

“I have known him (Basumatary) for 25 years. He is a cool-headed person. I don’t know why it has happened. I apologize for the incident,” Bodo, who can be the chief of the Bodoland Territorial Region, advised this newspaper.

GUWAHATI: An Assam MLA has courted controversy by assaulting an worker of the state authorities on the Secretariat, the state’s seat of energy.

The incident riled the Sadou Asam Karmachari Parishad (staff’ physique) a lot that it determined to reject the MLA, Jayanta Basumatary, who’s from the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL). It additionally made an attraction to the voters of Sidli constituency to not re-elect the “impolite” Basumatary once more.

The UPPL is an ally of the BJP and a part of the state’s three-party ruling coalition.

The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when the MLA visited the Secretariat to fulfill Transport secretary Adil Khan. He misplaced his cool and slapped junior assistant, Bibhuti Bhattacharya, after the latter had requested him to replenish the guests’ slip earlier than letting him in.

“I couldn’t recognise him and requested him to fill up the visitors’ slip. He identified himself and said an MLA is not required to do this formality. I said this is the government protocol but he got angry and slapped me,” the sufferer advised journalists.

After he had lodged a written criticism with the workers’ union, the workers staged a protest exterior the Secretariat demanding motion towards the MLA. They additionally determined to not cooperate with him and rejected him.

“We don’t want an MLA, who does not have the basic manners, to come to the Secretariat. We appeal to the voters of Sidli not to make such a person an MLA again,” the workers’ union mentioned.

“If an employee is not safe at the Secretariat, he cannot be safe anywhere. He was assaulted for performing his duties sincerely. We appeal to the Chief Minister (Himanta Biswa Sarma) and the Chief Secretary (Jishnu Baruah) to give us justice. We will not relent,” the union mentioned.

According to it, the sufferer has a listening to impairment in a single ear and he was hit on the opposite.

UPPL president Pramod Bodo apologized for the incident.

“I have known him (Basumatary) for 25 years. He is a cool-headed person. I don’t know why it has happened. I apologize for the incident,” Bodo, who can be the chief of the Bodoland Territorial Region, advised this newspaper.