Assam: AASU’s chief Samujjal Bhattacharya calls former NRC co-ordinator mentally sick following allegation of scam

All Assam Students' Union (AASU) chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya took a dig at the former NRC co-ordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma after the co-ordinator on his social media alleged that the AASU chief took money to fuel the NRC scam.

In an explosive allegation against AASU leader Samujjal Bhattacharya, former co-ordinator of National Registration(NRC) Hitesh Dev Sarma alleged that the chief adviser to the student's wing duped lakhs of rupees from then co-ordinator Prateek Hajela to add fuel to the NRC scam.

Further, the former co-ordinator alleged that Samujjal Bhattacharya charged Rs 16 lakh per month as part of the scam from Prateek Hajela.

Speaking to India Today NE, the AASU chief Samujjal Bhattacharya said, "What the former co-ordinator of claiming on social media that I have taken Rs 16 lakh per month from Prateek Hajela is completely baseless."

Further Samujjal Bhattacharya claimed that Hitesh Dev Sarma is a big-time liar and that he is doing him because of cheap publicity.

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"A mentally stable man wouldn't have made such comments and I urge him to consult with a psychiatrist," he added.

The AASU chief also asserted that a defamation case will be filed against the former NRC co-ordinator for making such baseless statements.

In a social media post, the former co-ordinator wrote, "I was the coordinator of NRC for more than two and a half years, however, AASU's leadership did not meet me even once. But I have cracked all the NRC scams. Samujjal Bhattacharya often visited the NRC office in the evening when Prateek Hajela was the coordinator. About what? Market news, Samujal Bhattacharya took Rs 16 lakh a month from Prateek Hajela as part of the scam.  I don't know the truth. Maybe it will be known if the scam is investigated. But one thing is true Hajela did not want a review of the NRC, and even Samujal Bhattacharya did not want a review of the NRC until the publication of the supplementary list. Passengers on the same boat?

This is not the first time the name of Prateek Hajela has erupted in the massive anomaly in the process of Family Tree Verification.

Earlier on December 15, 2022, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the former coordinator of National Registration(NRC), Assam, Prateek Hajela compromised with the purity of the subject.

Further, the Assam Chief Minister asserted that at least 20 per cent of the NRC should be revalued at the border areas of the state.

Speaking at the India Today NE Townhall, Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "On NRC the Assam government wants revision of it as because we think that Prateek Hajela has compromised with the purity of NRC. At least 20 per cent of NRC revision should take place on the border areas."

In answer to a question asked if compromised why action has not been taken, to this Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "Prateek Hajela has protection from Supreme Court, so in the SC final judgement he has been given certain protection..and certain judgement cannot be challenged," the Assam CM added.