"Tried to resolve issue, Assam CM did not let it happen": Jairam Ramesh on Angkita Dutta's protest
Jan 18, 2024
Jorhat (Assam) [India], January 18 : Congress General Secretary in Charge of Communication Jairam Ramesh outrightly blamed state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for making the Angkita Dutta's issue "worse."
As Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra enters Assam today, former Assam Youth Congress President Angkita Dutta has staged a protest demanding justice from the Congress leader over her claim of sexual assault by another party person.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the Congress MP claimed that he had spoken to Angkita Dutta multiple times after she brought the serious allegations of harassment against the National Youth Congress president Srinivas BV to the fore.
"I have spoken to Angkita Dutta multiple times. She also came to my home. The reality is that this issue could be resolved. Both of them, our Youth Congress President (Srinivas BV) and Angkita are very emotional people. I spoke to both of them. I tried to resolve the issue and get justice... But Assam CM did not let it happen," Ramesh said.
He further said that all the necessary action would be taken.
"The matter is in the Supreme Court right now. The inquiry has been done. And all necessary action would be taken. But the Assam CM has made matters worse," he added.
Angkita, who was once the head of Assam's Youth Congress, found herself expelled from the party last year.
In her speech on Thursday, Angkita Dutta said that she would submit a memorandum to Rahul Gandhi and seek justice.
"I have been in exile for the past 10 months. At that time, I sought justice, but I was suspended from the party. In the last 10 months, I have not joined any party. I was not in Congress, but I worked to strengthen the Congress party. Now people are coming out with me. I will submit a memorandum and we want justice. When he (Rahul Gandhi) reached at Amguri and Assam, I believed that I would also get Nyay. I am hopeful that, he (Rahul Gandhi) will give me Nyay," she said.
"I come out to seek Nyay (Justice). He has given me a ray of hope. When he started Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, I also saw a ray of hope that I would get Nyay," she added.
Meanwhile, the fifth day of Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra resumed on Thursday from Nagaland's Tuli to Jorhat in Assam. Rahul Gandhi while addressing the people said that perhaps the most corrupt government in India runs in Assam.
