The Cachar district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has organized a massive meeting in Silchar to protest against the proposed delimitation of assembly constituencies in the state.
Cachar BJP Organizes Massive Meeting In Silchar
The party workers accused the Urban Development Minister Ashok Singhal, who is also a member of the Delimitation Commission, of being “anti-Bengali” and “biased” towards the Barak Valley.
It is noted the meeting was attended by several BJP MLAs, MPs and office-bearers from Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts. The party workers raised slogans against Ashok Singhal. They also demanded his removal from the Commission. Further, they threatened to launch a mass agitation if the delimitation process is not done in a fair manner.
The BJP leaders alleged that Singhal was trying to reduce the number of Bengali-dominated seats in the Barak Valley and increase the number of seats for the indigenous communities in the Brahmaputra Valley. They further said that the Minister had shown disrespect to the government officials and the people of Barak Valley.
