AGP suspends Bhrigu Phukan

GUWAHATI, July 20: Former Assam home minister Bhrigu Kumar Phukan has been suspended from the primary membership of the Asom Gana Parishad ...

GUWAHATI, July 20: Former Assam home minister Bhrigu Kumar Phukan has been suspended from the primary membership of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) for alleged anti-party activities.

The decision was taken at the party’s 15-member steering committee meeting which concluded late last night at the party office here.

AGP vice president Nurul Hussain said the steering committee took note of Phukan’s activities in “maligning” the image of the party in the media and decided to suspend him from AGP’s primary membership for his alleged attempts to “dislodge” the AGP-led alliance government and breaking party discipline.

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In a recent interview to a local daily, Phukan had criticised Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta for allegedly failing to solve the outstanding problems of the state and said it was “time for him to go”.

Hussain said the matter would be placed at the party’s Central committee meeting, to be held on August 3 next, which would be followed by a meeting of the party’s Central House.

Phukan, earlier a close friend of Mahanta, was the home minister during the 1985-90 AGP regime but subsequently fell out with the chief minister after criticising his leadership.

He caused a split in the AGP by forming a new outfit, Natun Asom Gana Parishad (NAGP). However, he later rejoined the AGP with his supporters.

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