Accusing Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his family of occupying 18 acres of government land meant for the landless, the Congress on Sunday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and Mr. demanded the sacking of Sarma.
At the AA press conference, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Assam Jitendra Singh, Lok Sabha member Gaurav Gogoi and party spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh alleged that Mr Sarma “used his official position” to transfer the land illegally. misused”. RBS Realtors from 2006 to 2009.
Mr Sarma was a powerful minister in the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government when the transfer is said to have taken place.
So far, neither the Assam Chief Minister nor the BJP has commented on the allegations.
Another Lok Sabha member from Assam, Abdul Khaliq and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora, who were present at the press conference, said they would take up the matter in Parliament.
Mr Singh said that while the Chief Minister of Assam evicted poor families from government land in a huge manner, land worth crores was given to their families.
The Congress leaders claimed that as per independent investigation, the real estate company co-founded by Mr Sarma’s wife Rinki Bhuyan Sarma is allegedly occupying around 18 acres of land for landless individuals and institutions.
“We demand that Sarma, who along with his family is involved in land grabbing for the landless people, should be immediately sacked from his post,” Mr. Vallabh said. “A sitting chief minister, whose family is directly involved in land grabbing, has no right to continue in power. He should be immediately sacked from his post.”
“We want the Prime Minister to get the SIT investigated under the supervision of the sitting judge of the Supreme Court,” he said.