NE civil society members decry PM Modi's speech in Rajasthan
Guwahati: Prominent civil society members from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur have condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Rajasthan and urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to “take action against him”. Adequate action should be taken for violation of ethics.”
A statement issued by civil society members including Dr Hiren Gohain, Kulda Kumar Bhattacharjya, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan and many other eminent personalities.
According to the statement, the civil society members wrote, “We have received a video clip of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s election speech which he gave on Sunday at a place called Banswara in Rajasthan.
“In his speech, the Prime Minister boldly condemned former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and a certain community by taking Dr. Singh’s speech out of context.
“Modi’s speech is most shocking and disgusting for a Prime Minister. It directly incites hatred against a community. This is a clear violation of the election code of conduct.
“We feel that the Prime Minister’s statement is against the fundamental principles of democracy and our constitution.
“We condemn his speech and urge the Election Commission of India to take appropriate action against him for violating the model code of conduct.”
Signatories are: Dr. Hiren Gohain, Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjya, Fr. Thomas Menamparampil, Apurba Sarma, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, Haidar Hussain, Dr. Paramananda Mahanta, Nitya Bora, Lakhmi Nath Tamuly, Dr Chandra Mohan Sarma, Dr. Abu Naser Sayeed Ahmed, Prof. Abdul Mannan, Dr Manirul Hussain, Robin Dutta, Dr. Arupa Patangia Kalita, Dr. Roshmi Goswami, Jashomayee Devi, Indranee Dutta, Sumitra Hazarika, Deepak Goswami, Paresh Malakar, Santanu Borthakur, Sibananda Kakati, Debabrata Das, Rajen Kalita, Jnan Pujari, Purneswar Nath, Prof Abdul Salam, Ziauddin Munwarul Hoque, Sitanath Lahkar, Dr. Taufiqur Rahman Borborah, S R Saikia, Dr Hashim Ahmed, Dhani Ram Talukder, Dr Kamal Bora, Dinesh Dutta, Dr. Ghanashyam Nath, Dr Ahijuddin Skh, Narayan Debnath, Prof. Dwijen Barman, Dr. Jiban Dutta Barua, Harish Chandra Nath, Najibuddin Ahmed, Dr. Bhabesh Bhagabati, Dr. Anil Kumar Choudhury, Dr Sujit Chakrabarty, Sankar Saikia, Niren Thakuria, Dr. Paramananda Majumdar, Chandan Chutiya, Maini Mahanta, Sabita Lahkar, Rupaleem Dutta, Suparna Lahiri Barua, Masfika Begum, Gunin Choudhury, Ainuddin Ahmed, Dudulmoni Sarmah, Gajen Kalita, Bedabrata Bora, Ainuddin Ahmed, Hemanta Das, Chakreswar Kachari, Rezza Ahmed, Ramanikanta Das, Anjan Goswami, Geeta Devi Gogoi, Kanan Mohan Dutta, Joygobinda Saikia, Prof. Begum Bilkis Banu, Dr Rekibuddin Ahmed , Rudra Singh Matak , Prof Joynal Abedin, Dr Hafiz Ahmed, Dr Pinaki Sengupta, Dr Devabrata Sarma, Dwipen Kakati, Tridiv Dutta, Mridul Kumar Bora, Manoranjan Goswami, Mahendra Khonikor, Jamini Borboruah, Dibyendu Das, Promod Mahanta, Dilip Kumar Bordoloi, Nirmal Gogoi, Hemen Bora, Kamal Sarma, Niranjan Mahanta, Syed Nafarullah Intezam, Syed Nurul Islam, Mariyam Begum, Syed Rakib Hussain, Abu Naser — Assam
Jarjum Ete, Hembi Ada — Arunachal Pradesh
Mary Beth Sanate — Manipur
Kysoibor Pyrthuh, Tarun Bhartiya, Thma U Rangli Juki, Dr. Moses Kharbithai — Meghalaya
Amba Jamir, Chumukedima, Alemtemshi Jamir — Nagaland
