Six of the eight-member TMC delegation leave Assam after overnight detention at Silchar airport
Silchar, Aug 3 (IBNS): Six of the eight-member Trinamool Congress delegation flew out of Assam on Friday morning, after their overnight detention at Silchar airport, media reports said.
The reports quoted District Deputy Commissioner of Cachar, S Lakshmanan, as saying that two others will leave the state later in the day.
Headed by West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim, the TMC leaders-all MPs and MLAs-had arrived in Silchar on Thursday to attend a convention and meet the people whose names have been left out from the complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). But the local administration did not allow them to exit the airport as prohibitory orders under section 151 Cr P C had already been clamped in the town to pre-empt any unrest.
According to reports, three police personnel, including two women constables were injured in a scuffle as Assam police tried to prevent the TMC delegation members from going out of the Kumbhirgram airport in Barak Valley’s Silchar.
Reacting to their detention, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee launched an unsparing attack against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the saffron outfit is running a super emergency in the country
Image; AITC Twitter handle
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