Opposition alleges Govt failure, demands dismissal

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Guwahati, July 12 (UNI) The main Opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today said the killing of abducted FCI Executive Director P C Ram laid bare the ''inefficacy'' of the Asom Government.

'' From the day Ram was abducted, the state government has failed to initiate any sincere effort to rescue him. While the duty of the government is to protect the people, in Asom the government has done just the contrary. It has lost the moral right to rule, '' AGP president and Opposition leader Brindabon Goswami told newsperson here.

Going a step further, Mr Goswami also said, '' Ram's killing was intentional. We are sure that the government has had a hand in the killing because it wanted to eliminate the official, '' adding had the government wanted, it could have rescued Ram.

He said, '' While the government should have put in place synchronised effort to rescue Ram from the captivity of the ULFA, instead it had killed him. '' '' The ULFA had demanded the release of two of its arrested leaders in exchange of Ram. But both Centre and state government did not pay much heed to it, '' he stated.

Both Centre and state government wanted to eliminate Ram, and so they did. It is certain that there is a mystery in the incident, Mr Goswami alleged.

The Opposition leader, however, didn't elaborate on what he termed as ''mysterious episode''.

The AGP president also said the matter would be taken to international fora.

'' Ram's killing is another instance when there has been gross violation of human rights. We will bring the matter to the notice of international bodies like the UN and human rights groups and seek justice, '' he said.

Ram, kidnapped on April 17 last, was killed during a pre-dawn encounter between police and ULFA rebels in the outskirts of Guwahati today.

UNI

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