AIUDF MLA’s controversial remark on Assam budget triggers row

Guwahati: The Assam assembly on Monday witnessed noisy scenes over a comment on the state budget by Opposition AIUDF member Aminul Islam, which was later expunged from the records.

Islam’s controversial remark was made on an agricultural project in Darrang district, which was mentioned in the budget tabled in the assembly last week.

Finance Minister Ajanta Neog had said in the budget speech that under the project, the government has removed encroachers from 77,420 bighas of land in Garukhuti area and indigenous youths living in that area will start agricultural work and rear animals there.