Guwahati, January 30 (PTI): Creating noisy scenes, opposition Congress and AIUDF today disrupted the speech of Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit in the state Assembly and forced him to end the address within seven minutes. First, AIUDF member Aminul Islam objected to Purohit's statement on ideals of great people of the state in his address to Assam Assembly on the first day of the Budget Session. "My government has dedicated itself to bringing about qualitative change in governance guided by the ideals of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, Mahapurush Madhavdev and Ajan Pir," Purohit said. Islam immediately rose on his feet and said the government failed to implement ideas of these great personalities and it should be rectified. Without paying heed to the opposition member's objection, the Governor continued his speech. "Tapping into this reservoir in the right perspective, my government has embarked upon balanced development of all the regions of the state--Barak valley, Brahmaputra valley, hills areas and plains," Purohit said. On this, both Congress and AIUDF started shouting. "There is no good governance. The government has totally failed to give impartial governance," the opposition members said. The Governor tried to pacify the members and requested them to sit till completion of the speech but in vain. Seeing no let up in opposition's resistance, he jumped to the last paragraph of the 88-page speech and concluded his address to the House within seven minutes. Purohit's speech was tabled in the House and considered to be read. Full sealing of Indo-Bangla border challenging task Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Monday said that complete sealing of the Indo-Bangladesh border is a “challenging task”, although the government is working on to finish it within a definite time frame. “Complete sealing of the Indo-Bangladesh border is a challenging task, given the vast expanses of riverine terrain in many sectors,” Purohit said in his address to Assam Assembly on the inaugural day of the Budget Session. His speech, which was stopped after disruption by the opposition and was later considered to be read, talked about the government’s attempt in sealing the international border. “It would be our endeavour to accomplish this task with the help of suitable technology within a definite timeframe. The Indo-Bangladesh border roads and bridges construction work is almost completed,” Purohit said. However, there are some existing gaps and damage caused by erosions at certain places, which are being attended on priority, he added. “Also, the remaining border fencing works are targeted to be completed soon. The flood-lighting works have been completed, their electricity service connection works are likely to be completed within the next few months,” he said.
