Trinamool Delegation Visiting Assam Over NRC Issue Detained at Silchar Airport
As soon the delegation landed at the airport, the administration stopped them from exiting the airport. A video of the incident showed that the team was manhandled.
The TMC MPs alleged that they were beaten up at the Silchar airport. (TV grab)
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New Delhi: A six-member Trinamool Congress delegation, including a women MLA, was detained at Silchar Airport by Assam police on Thursday. The team arrived at the city to attend a public convention on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft.
A delegation of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Ratna De Nag, Nadimul Haque, Arpita Ghosh and Mamata Thakur was led by West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim. As soon they landed at the airport, the administration stopped them from exiting the airport.
The TMC MPS alleged that they were beaten up. "Our delegation was detained at the airport and were roughed up. They were also hit by the police," TMC MP Derek O'Brien said. A video of the incident also showed that the team was manhandled.
The members were supposed attend a public convention around 3:30 pm organised by the local citizens forum in Silchar. "We will try and understand on what grounds people were left out from NRC's final draft," a party member said.
The next day, the team was scheduled to arrive at Guwahati to meet intellectuals and prominent residents of Assam, following which they were to arrive in Delhi by evening.
On Wednesday, TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minsiter Mamata Banerjee held talks in Delhi with opposition leaders over the strategy on taking on the BJP.
A delegation of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Ratna De Nag, Nadimul Haque, Arpita Ghosh and Mamata Thakur was led by West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim. As soon they landed at the airport, the administration stopped them from exiting the airport.
The TMC MPS alleged that they were beaten up. "Our delegation was detained at the airport and were roughed up. They were also hit by the police," TMC MP Derek O'Brien said. A video of the incident also showed that the team was manhandled.
Our delegation was detained at Silchar airport. It is our democratic right to meet people, this is a super emergency like situation: Derek O Brien,TMC MP #NRCAssam pic.twitter.com/5KQPGwrMrJ
— ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2018
The members were supposed attend a public convention around 3:30 pm organised by the local citizens forum in Silchar. "We will try and understand on what grounds people were left out from NRC's final draft," a party member said.
The next day, the team was scheduled to arrive at Guwahati to meet intellectuals and prominent residents of Assam, following which they were to arrive in Delhi by evening.
On Wednesday, TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minsiter Mamata Banerjee held talks in Delhi with opposition leaders over the strategy on taking on the BJP.