AGP General Council held despite court’s stay order
- Aug 27, 2020,
- Updated Aug 27, 2020, 12:48 AM IST
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) hold its General Council on Thursday despite the Session Court’s stay on it. The Council held at the AGP office located in Ambari was attended by top party leaders including Atul Bora, Keshav Mahanta and Brindaban Goswami. Party president and minister Atul Bora however said that the council was organized following all COVID-19 protocols.
It may be mentioned that the court, based on an appeal filed by Girin Talukdar, Jiten Deka and Hemen Lahkar, had passed a verdict staying the council. This order was issued by the Court of Civil Judge No.3 in Kamrup (M) on Wednesday. According to the notice issued by AGP on August 10, the meeting was scheduled to be held on August 27.
The restraining order stated, “The meeting is out and out illegal as it is against the constitution of AGP as well as against the COVID protocol”. The meeting violates the clause 26 of the constitution of AGP and the notification issued by the state government through State Disaster Management Department.
“Holding of the meeting within the short interval of mere 17 days prima facie appears to be illegal in view of Article 25 (5) of Constitution of AGP, which speaks about the furnishing of at least 30 days prior notice from to the date of holding the meeting,” it said.
Furthermore the order stated that the members expected to participate in the proposed meeting in connection with “impunged notice dated August 10 may exceed 50 persons considering the strength of executive committee as well as Quroum to be maintained in order to pass a resolution in the meeting which again maybe in contravention to the clause 3 dated August 13 issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Department.
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