Said Pahalgam, Pulwama govt's conspiracies: Assam arrests oppn MLA
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Guwahati: Assam's BJP regime arrested an opposition MLA for saying that Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam and Pulwama attacks were BJP-ruled government conspiracies. It was Aminul Islam, an MLA of the opposition party All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), who issued the statement and got arrested.
The Assam Police filed a case on their own (suo motu) against Mr Islam after a video of his comment went viral on social media.
However, the reasoning by Assam Police is, "On the basis of a misleading and instigating statement by Dhing MLA, Sh Aminul Islam in public, which went viral and had the potential to create an adverse situation, NagaonPS Case 347/25 was registered for offences u/s 152/196/197(1)/113(3)/352/353 BNS. He has been arrested accordingly," which was announced through X.
“We have arrested him for the statements and interrogation is on. He will be produced in the court on Friday,” the police said.
Chief Minister of the BJP-ruled Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said that the MLA is charged with treason. He accused him of defending Pakistan.
"We are trying to take action against anyone who is trying, directly or indirectly, to defend Pakistan after the terror attack. Wave found the statement and videos of MLA Aminul Islam on social media, and he has been found to be supportive of Pakistan, so we filed a case," Mr Sarma said.
What is to be noted is that the MLA's party, AIUDF, distanced itself from his statements, saying that Aminul's statements were not the party's but personnel's.
“The comments made by Aminul Islam are unfortunate. This is the time to stand with our government. Terrorists have no religion. These terrorists are maligning Islam,” the party said.
