[Assam] Fw: [News Alert] Assam MP refuses to pay for Bihar flood: Cong MP follows the suit

[Dr. Sashanka]

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From: Assam Times <newsletter at assamtimes.org>
Subject: [News Alert] Assam MP refuses to pay for Bihar flood: Cong MP follows the suit
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Date: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008, 3:52 PM



Assam MP refuses to pay for Bihar flood: Cong MP follows the suit
 
Cutting across party barriers Congress, BJP and AGP had refused to respond to the Speaker's appeal unless the collected fund was divided between Assam and Bihar.

Congress MP from Assam Kirip Chaliha will not pay any money for flood relief in Bihar. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Monday, Chaliha said he is ready to urge both Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari to issue an appeal to help Assam flood victims in the same line.

Chaliha said, "the Assam MPs are unhappy over the fact that Mr Chatterjee has issued an appeal only for Bihar when similar destruction has taken place in Assam also.".

The MP from Guwahati made it clear that he would not respond to the appeal of the Speaker of donating Rs 25 lakh by each MP from the local area development fund for the flood victims in Bihar.

According to Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) MP Arun Kumar Sarma, ''Assam is also under water like Bihar and I do not think my inner sense will respond to the Speaker's call that Rs 25 lakh from the MP local area development fund should be handed over to Bihar for relief and rehabilitation when there are so many things to be done in Assam,'' said whose constituency is the most flood prone of the region.

BJP MP Rajen Gohain said, he would also follow the suit adding, "'when my own house is under water why and how should we help others? The ruling Congress too has joined the growing chorus.

Meanwhile, AGP MP Sarbananda Sonowal had already wrote it to the Vice-President as well as the Lok Sabha Speaker on the same issue urging them to intervene on behalf of Assam.
 
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