GUWAHATI, SEP 16: The Assam Assembly was adjourned aftere an uproar with the opossition demanding discussion on alleged cash-for-job scam in Grade III and IV posts as well as granting ST status to six communities of the state.
Speaker Biswajit Daimary disallowing their Zero Hour notices, the Congress, CPI (M) and Independent members went to the Well of the House and showed placards, raised slogans and sat on the floor of the hall.
After the Question Hour ended, Daimary said three Zero Hour notices will be allowed and asked AGP’s Ramendra Narayan Kalita to raise his on the dumping ground on the bank of Deepor Beel lake in Guwahati.
On this, senior Congress MLA Bharat Chandra Narah wanted to know if their notice of alleged cash-for-job scam in the recently held Grade III and IV post-written examinations and the arrest of whistleblower Victor Das is allowed.
Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi too wanted to know if his Zero Hour notice on granting ST status to six communities from Assam will be taken up for discussion.
The Centre this week granted ST status to several communities from different states. The list did not include Assam’s Moran, Motok, Chutia, Tai-Ahom, Koch-Rajbongshi and Tea-Tribes communities, which were given multiple assurances by many senior BJP leaders for many years.