Assam: Congress Leaders Harish Rawat, Ripun Bora Detained at Protest

Guwahati, November 6, 2019:

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora and Congress in-charge for Assam, Harish Rawat, have been detained on Wednesday after the party staged a massive protest in front of the regional branch of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Guwahati.

Along with them, Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia, Rokibul Hussain, Rekibuddin Ahmed, Nurul Huda, Roselina Tirki, State Women Congress leader Nandita Das, Ajanta Neog, Ankita Dutta, and other Congress workers, have also been detained.

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The Congress party has launched a nationwide protest from November 5 to November 15 against the economic slowdown in the country and the BJP Government’s failure.

Apart from this, the party also protested against the price rise of essential commodities, job loss, crash in the banking sector, etc.

Hundreds of Congress workers participated in the protest rally in Guwahati that started from MNDP-hostel of Cotton University and headed towards the RBI breaking through barricades set by the police.

The protest turned hostile after a clash broke out between the Congress leaders and police. Following this, the police ‘lathi-charged’ the protestors and dragged some of them away.

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According to reports, over 300 protestors were being held at the Panbazar Police Station along with Ripun Bora, Harish Rawat, and Debabrata Saikia.

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