Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that “goons of Congress” “killed” the BJP employee. (FILE)
Guwahati:
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that “goons of Congress” “violently attacked and killed” a BJP employee throughout pre-poll violence in Nagaon district. On Friday, BJP employee Biplab Saikia died of accidents he reportedly sustained in clashes between members of the 2 events forward of by-elections in Samaguri constituency within the district.
“My deepest condolences to the household of our @BJP4Assam karyakarta from Samaguri, Late Bipul Saikia, who was violently attacked and killed by goons of @INCAssam,” Mr Sarma posted on X.
He assured that these accountable would face justice, criticising the Congress and mentioned that the get together’s public calls to “shield the Structure” had been incongruous with what he described as their “incitement of poll-related violence.”
Based on reviews, clashes erupted between the BJP and Congress employees on Thursday afternoon, allegedly sparked by accusations that every aspect had obstructed the opposite’s rallies. The BJP employee was injured within the clashes and died a day later at his dwelling in Bajiagaon, including urgency to issues surrounding election-related safety.
A number of others, together with journalists, had been additionally injured within the incident, police mentioned.
Whereas police didn’t verify whether or not Saikia died attributable to accidents sustained within the violence, they mentioned the report of the loss of life has been obtained.
BJP’s candidate Diplu Ranjan Sharma is contesting in opposition to Tanzil Hussain of the Congress within the constituency, which matches to the polls on November 13.
Tanzil is the son of Rakibul Hussain, a former Congress minister who had been representing Samaguri for the previous 23 years earlier than vacating the seat after his election to the Lok Sabha from Dhubri earlier this yr.