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‘Assam flood should be declared a national disaster’
Our Correspondent
Diphu, June 30 (EMN): Stating that the Assam flood should be declared a national disaster, Shorjun Hanse, AASU, Central Executive Member said that the whole of Assam is under water but ‘the prime minister and home minister do not think of Assam flood as it is not an election matter’.
Hanse was speaking to the media during thesit-in demonstration, organised by All Assam Students Union, Karbi Anglong District Committee in protest against the BJP-led government’s failure to provide relief to flood-affected people in Assam at Semsonsing Ingti Memorial park, Diphu on Thursday.
Hanse also said that they (BJP) always speak about the double and triple engine government but fail to protect the people of Assam from the flood problem.
The students’ organisation started their protest from 11:30 am and ended at 12:30 pm.