April 27, 2024 01:02 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Arjuna awardee CRPF officer found guilty of sexual harassment charges, faces dismissal | Opposition's dreams shattered: PM Modi on Supreme Court's VVPAT verdict | Supreme Court rejects plea seeking 100 pct votes verification on EVMs, rules out returning to ballot papers | Voting concludes in 88 constituencies with 61% turnout by 5 pm | Justice MB Snehalatha takes oath as additional judge of Kerala High Court
Assam Congress observes ‘Save Democracy Day’

Assam Congress observes ‘Save Democracy Day’

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 18 May 2018, 02:23 pm

Guwahati, May 18 (IBNS): The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) leaders and party workers on Friday staged a protest in Guwahati condemning Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's decision to invite B S Yeddyurappa while neglecting JD(S)-Congress claim to form government, despite having numbers.

Accusing the Karnataka Governor’s decision by inviting BS Yeddyurappa to take the oath of office despite the party falling short of the required mandate, the Congress leaders and workers said that it is a dangerous precedent and strikes at the very heart of India’s democracy.

The party leaders and workers staging protest at Dighalipukhuri area in the city by observing ‘Save Democracy Day’ said that the Indian constitution is under severe attack.

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora said that the Karnataka election has proved that there is no democracy.

“Parliamentary democracy and constitutional democracy have been completely destroyed,” Ripun Bora said.

The Congress party leaders and workers also staged protest various areas of the state.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.