Garga Chatterjee apologises to the people of Assam for insulting Chaolung Sukapha

Controversial scholar Garga Chatterjee has apologized to the people of Assam for insulting Ahom kingdom founder Chaolung Sukapha terming him as an ‘Chinese invader’.

Taking to twitter, Chatterjee wrote, “I express my unconditional apology to the people of Assam, the Tai Ahom community and to Honorable CM of Assam@sarbanandsonwal for any hurt in sentiment that I may have caused unintentionally through social media post.”

Posting a video message on twitter, Chatterjee said, “I expressed deepest regards and respect for Swargadeo Sukapha’s exemplary role as architect of Bor Ahom, forging greater Assamese identity and the rich legacy of his dynasty and civilization that is part and parcel of our diverse and great Indian civilization.” 

It may be mentioned that on June 17 last, Chatterjee had tweeted, “Why does @sarbanandsonwal regularly celebrate a Chinese invader and his invading army? Why does banned separatist group ULFA also celebrate the Chinese invader? Do real Indians know that Indian tax money is being used by BJP in Assam to put up statues of a Chinese invader?”

The tweet of Chatterjee led to widespread outrage on social media among the Assamese community. Multiple FIR’s were filed against Chatterjee across the state. Subsequently a team of Assam police went to Kolkata to arrest Chatterjee on the order of chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal but came back empty handed due to non-co operation of their counterpart. The Gauhati High Court also issued a fresh warrant against Chatterjee directing the Kolkata police commissioner to arrest him.

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