AGP dharna in New Delhi on Feb 25

Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Feb 22 – A delegation of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) comprising the steering committee members, general secretaries and vice presidents and the MLAs and MPs will stage a demonstration in New Delhi on February 25 demanding dismissal of the Tarun Gogoi-led Government and a CBI probe into the financial irregularities in NC Hills Autonomous Council.

AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary said that the AGP delegation would also submit memorandum to the President of India, the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister in support of the demands of the party.

AGP gheraoes ONGC’s Nazira HQ

GUWAHATI, Feb 8 – The regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today gheraoed the Nazira headquarters of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGCL) for two hours in protest against the reported move of the Union Petroleum Ministry to develop the Corporation’s Assam Asset into a subsidiary company.

According to AGP chief spokesman Atul Bora, party’s steering committee and central executive committee members took part in the programme. They also held an on-the-spot protest meeting denouncing the said move of the Union Petroleum Ministry.

The meeting was addressed by party president Chandra Mohan Patowary, former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former MP Sarbananda Sonowal, former Ministers Hitendranath Goswami and Hiranya Konwar, former Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly Renupama Rajkhowa, former MLA Hemanta Kalita, party’s chief spokesman Atul Bora and Asam Yuba Parishad’s Monoj Bora. All of them decried the move ofthe Union Government as an anti-Assam step.

ONGCL Executive Director PVS Rao accepted the memorandum submitted by the party and told the AGP leaders that the Board of the Corporation was yet to take any decision into that effect. He also told the AGP leaders that the copy of their memorandum would be sent to UnionPetroleum Minister Murli Dewra through the ONGCL Chairman.

The steering committee of the party has meanwhile decided to send a delegation of the party under the leadership of its president Chandra Mohan Patowary to meet the Prime Minister and the Union Petroleum Minister on the issue within the next 15 days.

Rajya Sabha elections: The steering committee of the regional party which met at Jorhat last night, also decided to form a three-member panel of the party to hold discussion with the Opposition political parties of the State the issue of fielding candidates for the ensuing Rajya Sabha elections for the two seats belonging to the State.

The committee will be headed by party working president Phani Bhusan Choudhury. It will try to muster support to the AGP candidates in the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for the next month. The committee is expected to complete its discussions with the other Opposition parties within a short time.

The next meeting of the party’s steering committee is scheduled for February 14 at Biswanath Chariali and it is to be followed by a janajagaran sabha rally at Gohpur on February 15, said Bora.

Soruce:http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb0910

AGP, BJP finalise poll pact on 4 LS seats

Staff reporter GUWAHATI, Jan 3 – The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today arrived at sharing of four of 14 seats for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls and further discussions on electoral understanding will resume only after the Magh Bihu festival. The office bearers of both the parties met in the State Assembly premises to discuss seat sharing for the Parliamentary elections and decided that the existing seats of both the parties would be retained. The AGP has its Members of Parliament in Lakhimpur and Dibrugarh constituencies, while, the BJP has Nagaon and Mangaldoi seats. AGP spokesman Apurba Bhattacharya said that the AGP would field its existing MPs-Sarbananda Sonowal in Dibrugarh and Dr Arun Sarma in Lakhimpur. It is up to the leadership of the BJP to decide the candidates of the party.Bhattacharya said that the discussions would resume only after the Magh Bihu and a final shape to the seat sharing arrangement is likely to be given by the end of this month. He said that both the parties today decided to hold meetings with the district committees to ensure smooth coordination between the grass root level workers of the parties in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls. The parties also decided to hold talks with the Assembly constituency level committees to improve coordination between the workers of the AGP and BJP to ensure that the anti-Congress votes are not divided, he added. source: assam tribune