Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) is all set to launch the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Assam, a mass contact campaign of the Congress Party, on Tuesday with the aim of covering 834 km distance in the state.

Guwahati Dec 28 PTI Opposition Congress in Assam on Tuesday hit out at Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and dared him to surrender his security cover after he ridiculed the protection by personal security officers as Congress culture The state government has constituted a committee to assess PSO requirement depending on the security threat perception to individuals and leaders Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupen Kumar Borah said the system of assigning PSOs began in Congress after party leader Manabendra Sharma was shot dead in Guwahati while returning from a market in 1991 Sharmas political rivals had allegedly orchestrated the shooting in nexus with the banned ULFA If Assam Police says the state is peaceful then the chief minister should not take security cover within the Assam Let the CM surrender his PSOs at least he said The chief minister can avail security cover if he travelled outside the state but should not when within Assam Sarma had on Saturday spoken out against protection by PSOs terming it a Congress culture and claimed that there was no threat to the life of any BJP leader in the state as they have done no harm to anyone He had also said he has the authority to remove the PSOs but is awaiting requests from the partys end Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia Cong said that the chief minister was using this tactic of terming PSOs as Congress culture to remove the security officers allotted randomly to BJP leaders The Congress leader said BJP leaders were allotted PSOs as a feel good factor as they had never tasted any power ever Now the chief minister is in a spot as to how to withdraw these excess PSOs he said AIUDF legislator Aminul Islam said the matter of assigning or withdrawing PSOs is a matter to be dealt with by the security agencies I cannot understand why the chief minister is bothered about it he added State Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said the issue of PSOs was discussed at the cabinet meeting The cabinet has formed a committee to assess who will get security cover of PSOs Depending on it PSOs will be assigned or withdrawn Mahanta said PTI SSG KK KK KK

Guwahati Nov 18 PTI The Congress in Assam on Thursday filed a police complaint against actress Kangana Ranaut for allegedly making defamatory statements against Mahatma Gandhi and the freedom movement The complaint filed at the Dispur police station in Guwahati urged the police to register an FIR against her under sections related to sedition claiming that she insulted the Independence that India got in 1947 The police however is yet to register a case against the actress who recently was conferred the Padma Shri awardDays after her Indias Independence in 1947 was bheek alms remarks triggered a row Ranaut on November 16 claimed that Subhas Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh got no support from Mahatma Gandhi and went on to mock his mantra of ahimsa non-violence by saying that offering another cheek gets you bheek not freedom It is a grave insult to martyrs and a seditious statement the Congress claimed in its complaint and asserted that freedom was a birthright of every Indian and it was achieved due to the sacrifice of thousands of martyrs including Mahatma Gandhi The party alleged that Ranauts statements have hurt the Indian people and disrespected freedom fighters of Assam as well as India Ranaut had also declared that freedom came in 2014 when the Narendra Modi-led government came to power at the Centre PTI TR NN NN

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 31 (ANI): Ahead of the by-polls for six assembly constituencies, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday passed a resolution to break its alliance with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF).