Cong forcibly tried to enter Raj Bhawan, says Himanta, orders cops to file FIR
Hindustan TimesGUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday accused the Congress of forcibly trying to enter Raj Bhawan during a protest march on December 18 and said a police probe would be carried out into the breach. Yesterday, Congress party leaders attempted to forcibly enter Raj Bhawan by breaching police barricades and causing chaos in the vicinity,” Sarma said in a post on X. On Thursday, Congress leader of opposition in the state assembly Debabrata Saikia said that the police action against the protesters violated standard operating procedures to be used by police while handling riots and protests. Following Wednesday’s incident, police have stepped up security arrangements in the capital Dispur in and around Janata Bhawan, the state secretariat complex and promulgated prohibitory orders under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.