Sushmita Dev write to Assam CM, demands immediate action against AHSEC Chairman

April 20: Chairman of Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, Dr. Dayananda Borgohain while speaking to a news channel came up with some “objectionable statements” against the Bengali speaking community of Barak Valley, which has led to a great uproar in the Valley. Former Silchar MP & President of All India Mahila Congress, Sushmita Dev condemned his statement and wrote a letter to the Chief minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday.

Taking to her twitter handle, Sushmita Dev wrote, “I hope @sarbanandsonwal ji will not only take appropriate action but condemn this statement. An officer tells barak valley to separate from Assam. We respect all languages & cultures but an officer threatening people is unacceptable.”

I hope @sarbanandsonwal ji will not only take appropriate action but condemn this statement. An officer tells barak valley to separate from Assam. We respect all languages & cultures but an officer threatening people is unacceptable.

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— Sushmita Dev (@sushmitadevinc) April 20, 2021

In her letter addressed to the Chief Minister, Ms. Dev wrote, “I am writing to you to bring to your attention a comment made by the Chairman Assam Higher Secondary Education Council Dr. Dayananda Borgohai, which is extremely deplorable. It is shocking that an officer issues a threat to the people of Barak Valley to learn the Assamese language or else separate from Assam. It reeks of chauvinism.”

“This comment is in complete ignorance of our history and comes as an insult to the people of Barak Valley. To say the least it alienates us and is discriminatory. Mutual respect for each other’s language and culture is the idea of India. People speak different languages in Assam and have peacefully coexisted and comments like these are against the interest of Assam. The government must take action immediately failing which it will only prove to me that it condones the comment & shares the same views, ” added the Congress leader.