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Unedited video of the meeting of the Assam Poll battle picks up as Rahul Gandhi Arunachal Governor with Tuki surfaces set to visit Upper Assam after Modi’s visit A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Jan 22

Governor seen to be harsh with one of the Minister A staff Reporter Itanagar, Jan 22

As the dates for the Assam assembly polls draws near the poll battle in upper Assam is gradually picking up. After the BJP announced that PM Narendra Modi who is also the saffron brigade’s No. 1 Campaign master will kick start the party’s poll campaign in upper Assam for the ensuing state assembly polls by addressing a party workers meeting at Moran on Feb. 5, the Congress today revealed that party Vice President and MP Rahul Gandhi will visit upper Assam and addressing poll rallies in the third week of February and also embark of a ‘Padya Yatra’ to garner support for his party.

A video, claimed to be the original unedited video of the face-off between Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki with his council of Minister and Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa in a meeting held at Raj Bhawan last month surfaced today in a regional media website and is being circulated widely in social Medias. In the video, the Governor who earlier has in a press release claimed to have been threatened and abused is seen initially as stern and later actually quite abrasive with one the Minister.

At the beginning Nabam Tuki calmly claimed that the Governor’s order to pre-pone the assembly session was “unconstitutional”, Rajkhowa said he had issued the order as per provisions of the Constitution, and after consulting legal experts. He said the government could explore legal options to challenge the order. The commotion at the meet-

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Tuki extends greetings on National Day of Patriotism A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Jan 22: Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has extended warm greetings to the nation on National Day of Patriotism. Paying rich tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, an integral part of the history of India’s fight for freedom and whose birthday is observed as the National Day of Patriotism, Tuki said that Netaji’s greatest achievement was the deep sense of national unity that he was able to kindle in his countrymen and the profound love and loyalty, he was able to inspire in his army. The CM also remembered and paid rich tribute to all the great freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for a free India we live in today. He also salute the valiant arm forces for their sheer patriotism in guarding our borders and paid respect to those who laid their lives in the line of their duties while guarding our motherland.

Cultivation of Opium destroyed Tinsukia, Jan 22 : Jagun police on Friday destroyed huge cultivation of Opium at Wary no 1 village along Assam - Arunachal border. The operation was led by Jagun police outpost incharge.

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It may be mentioned that in past 2 weeks several cases of opium and brown sugar has surfaced in Tinsukia district. (Spl Correspondent)

A part of the video footage of the meeting between the Governor and Tuki with his council of Ministers has surfaced in national media ing went high when one of the ministers questioned the Governor as to who will be responsible if any unwanted incident happens in lieu of his immediate order to pre-pone the assembly session. The governor replied sternly that those who provoke and promote will be held responsible. To his reply few ministers started shouting that he is the one who is promoting it.

meeting blamed Tuki and his council of Ministers that they have threatened and abused him, until security personnel escorted the Governor to safety. A Raj Bhavan press release further claimed that some ministers were about to “physically restrain” the Governor. “Not willing to listen to the Governor, questioning his authority and judgement.

It is to be mentioned that the Governor, next day of the

A part of the video footage of Education Minister allegedly heckling Governor has

surfaced in national media which the minister later alleged that the Governor himself have outsourced the edited version of the video to the media with an intention to malign his image and that of others who were in the meeting. In a press meet, Tapong Taloh further clarified that his reaction was spontaneous after the Governor showed very unruly and arrogant behavior towards Chief Minister and the council of Ministers.

Regional office of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways shifted to Assam from Arunachal CM Tuki expresses Disappointment ET Bureau Itanagar, Jan 22

Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has expressed his deep sense of disappointment over the move of the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) to shift its Regional Office (RO) from Itanagar to Tezpur in Assam. In a letter to Union Minister of MoRTH Nitin Gadkari, Tuki mentioned that this unilateral decision of the Ministry to move out the RO to Tezpur is contrary to the long term interests of the success of important ongoing road projects in the state, especially those under the ambitious Trans Arunachal

Highway Package. In the letter, Tuki categorically mentioned as follows; “This move has come at a time, when the Hon’ble Prime Minister has time again reiterated the commitment of the NDA Government towards the overall development of the North Eastern Region with added emphasis on improving connectivity. Your good self was also kind enough to highlight this during your visit to the state a few months ago. This kind of a unilateral action is contrary to the spirit of this commitment. You would appreciate that it is imperative that a project like the Trans Arunachal Highways - not-

withstanding its scale and importance - be effectively monitored regularly by a nodal arm of the MoRTH. The RO at Itanagar was operating with this mandate and taking care of the several issues related to the same in coordination with the implementing agencies of the State Government. I am apprehensive that the shifting of the RO to Tezpur can potentially jeopardise the interests of the Trans Arunachal Highways project and also other important road projects in the state.” The Chief Minister requested Gadkari to review this decision on priority.

Anjan Dutta nority by playing vote bank politics with them. This time they will vote for us because they have understood that AIUDF cannot give protection to them,’’ said Dutta.

Dutta added that BJP have made alliance with Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF) which is a small party and they were quite sure that they will not secure enough seats in the coming election and now they are busy in forging alliance with the other small parties. When asked about Himanta Biswa Sharma, Dutta replied that he was a ‘betrayer’. He betrayed AASU in the past and now he betrayed us. “He (Himanta Biswa Sharma) is‘garbage’ and we are happy that he is not with us anymore,’ he said. Dutta said, “Before the election some of the leaders of BJP will join Congress but we won’t disclose the names now”. He said this time the position of BJP is not good in upper Assam and they will manage to win two to three seats.

Five persons including an army jawan caught for blackmailing Tinsukia based businessman Spl Correspondent Tinsukia, Jan 22

The Indian army on Thursday night arrested four people, including an army jawan, for blackmailing a Tinsukia based young businessman after posing themselves as central government officers assigned to unearth black money hidden by the businessman. The arrested were identified as Salem of ASC Battalion of

Indian army posted at Bomdila, Sapan Das and Abingdon Singh of Dinjan, Suvijay Bhattacharjee of Tinsukia. The victim, Nimesh Agarwal an industrialist, is a native of Tinsukia.

black mailing the businessman to save him from the enquiry. However, the businessman informed Dinjan army who arrested them from approach road to Dinjan army headquarters, Mahanto added.

According to Superintendent of Tinsukia police Mugdha Jyoti Mahanto, Salem posed himself as an officer of Indian army on special duty who was assigned to unearth black money hidden by the businessman and in turn was

He said army has arrested three persons excluding the jawan and we have asked them to hand over the jawan as well. We came to know about this development only after army caught four person, said SP

Mahanto and added that Police has registered a case (Tinsukia PS 94/16) and arrested one person identified as Khirod Sonowal of Borguri in Tinsukia. According to sources, the accused demanded rupees one crore from the businessman. The entire plot seemed to have inspired from Akshay Kumar starrer bollywood film where he and his team poses as CBI officers and cheat big businessman.

Research is based on higher education, says Tezpur Varsity VC programmes. This was attended by the students and faculties of Kaziranga University. The preliminary course work seminars and school wise induction is scheduled on 23rd and 24th January 2016.

ET Correspondent Jorhat, Jan 22

Kaziranga University hosted the inauguration program for Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) programmes for School of Social Sciences, School of Basic Sciences, School of Computing Sciences, School of Engineering & Technology, School of Business today at its campus. The ceremony was inaugurated by Prof. (Dr.) Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri, Vice Chancellor, Tezpur University in the gracious presence of Chancellor Shri M.D Khetan, Vice Chancellor Dr. Sunil Rai, President, NEKF Dr. P.K.Mishra and dignitaries like Dr. Swapan K Pramanik, Former Vice Chancellor, Vidyasagar University; Dr. M.K. Padmanabhan, Director of India Centre for Research

and Innovation of Virginia Tech, USA; Dr. Ashok Ullal, Prof. Emeritus, Reutlingen School of Business, Germany; Dr. Subrata Borgohain, Prof. Petroleum Technology, Dibrugarh University. Speaking at the occasion, Chief Guest, Prof. (Dr.) Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri, Vice Chan-

cellor, Tezpur University said, “Research is the base of any higher education”. He further added that without research, there is no meaning of any higher education and educational institutes or universities for that matter. Today, the ceremony marked the induction and enrolment of 30 PhD students for various

Known as the TCS-ION Campus, Kaziranga University has created a benchmark of excellence in providing industrial based educational interface for Engineering and Management students through its technological domain partners like CMS, Multisoft Systems, etc with proven placement track record. It is important to mention that the University’s industry-academia collaboration with various International Universities helps KU students to sharpen their conceptual and contextual insights to help them understand global prospective and standards.

How an activist forced Arunachal Govt to reduce fees for copies under RTI Nabam Pali, a young RTI activist from Arunachal Pradesh was felicitated last week, for having sought legal intervention, compelling the state government to reduce fees to Rs.2 from Rs. 10 for obtaining copies of documents under the Act ET Bureau Itanagar, Jan 22

The official website of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh has this announcement, declaring that it has reduced the fees for information procured under RTI from Rs10 to Rs2: “In the State of Arunachal Pradesh, the High Court directive has reduced the fees for information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act from Rs10 per page (A4 size) to Rs2 by re-amending

the RTI rules vide Government of Arunachal Pradesh Notification No.AR-47/2014 dated 13 November, 2014. The Guwahati High Court, Itanagar Permanent Bench, Naharlagun while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one Pali Nabam challenging the high fee charged for obtaining information under RTI in the state, has directed the state government to reduce the fee from Rs10 per copy to Rs2.” The young activist Nabam Pali, from Arunachal Pradesh, has been fighting the case since

THE HIGHLIGHTS The young activist Nabam Pali, from Arunachal Pradesh, has been fighting the case since 2012 as he found the fees of Rs.10 per page of information too steep In 2012, he asked for 57,570 pages of documents pertaining to the Integrated Child Development Service scheme, which is one of India's largest programmes

for early childhood development. He was asked to pay

Rs 5,75,700 by the Public Information Officer of the Office of the Child Development Project. Initially when he started filing RTIs in 2007-08, the officers used to charge him Rs. 50 for an application

2012. He filed a writ petition in the form of PIL. The High Court ordered the state government to address the grievance of the petitioner within three weeks of the order, the AP government notified the revision of fees.

is one of India's largest programmes for early childhood development. He was asked to pay Rs5,75,700 by the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the Office of the Child Development Project, which he did pay with the help of friends.

Nabam Pali, like other citizens of the state, found the fees of Rs10 per page of information document too steep, particularly when, in 2012, he asked for 57,570 pages of documents pertaining to the Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) scheme, which

As per last week’s news reports in various dailies of Arunachal Pradesh, Pali, while thanking the Arunachal RTI activist Forum (ARTIAF) for felicitating him, stated that the road was very tough for him. “When I initially started filing

RTIs in 2007-08, the officers used to charge me Rs50 for an application, which was not right and I had to spend a huge amount of money as treasury challan to get the information. I somehow managed to arrange the money then but what about the poor ones who cannot afford it,” said Pali showing records of him paying Rs3.40 lakh and Rs1. 21 lakh in two instances as treasury challan to get information. Contd. on Page 3

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At one instance, when Tapong Taloh, Minister of Education requested him to listen him first, the Governor raises his voice while questioning the minister how could he order him.

Addressing media persons at the circuit house, here, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President and MLA Anjan Dutta said that the dates of Rahul’s visit is not final, but he will be visiting upper Assam during the third week of February. Apart from Rahul Gandhi, a host of other senior Congress leaders will also visit upper Assam during the next few weeks to campaign for the party, Dutta said. Dutta said that the micro booth management will benefit the congress party in the upcoming election and the party will get enough seats with the help of this technique. Dutta told newsmen that they would not go for alliance with AIUDF. “The people of lower Assam has not faith in the AIUDF which have betrayed the mi-


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