[Assam] EMFA's propoganda

Rajiv Baruah rajiv.baruah at gmail.com
Sun Jul 15 01:37:15 PDT 2012 

There is another opinion. It seems that the journalist, Neog, set the whole incident up. An excerpt from today's Telegraph below.
"On the other hand, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity leader Akhil Gogoi today delivered on his promise to show a video footage to substantiate his claim that a TV journalist had instigated the mob to assault and molest the girl.

The video showed the journalist, Gaurav Jyoti Neog of News Live, allegedly shouting at the mob to hold the girl while the camera rolled; he also barked orders at the people who were molesting the girl to strip her and then taking credit for the entire episode by telling another journalist of the News Live that he had arranged it (“moi karaisu”).

Gogoi had, before coming to the Press Club, met the director-general of police and handed over a copy of the video footage to him.

He also sought pardon for not being able to show the “raw footage”, which he termed as “too disgusting”."

Regards

Disgusted Fellow Oxomiya




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> London Olympic 2012  is a month long celebration of dance taking place in July. It co-insides with 'Big Dance' which is a huge national festival of dance - part of the overall Cultural Olympiad and Olympic festivities.
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> As Britain premier sporting venue Wembley stadium, along with five other venues will be hosting London Olympic 2012. The Olympic torch will reach Wembley from Greece on Wednesday 25 July, 2012  on its way to Stratford.
> As Rini Kakati is an active member of South Asia Advocate Group, a part of LOCOG 2012 ( London Olympic Committee of Games), she took the initiative on behalf of the committee to invite the well-known choreographer Ranjit Gogoi's Bihu dance troupe to perform at this prestigious event. The 16 member professional Bihu dance group from Assam with traditional instruments (with Buffalo horn pipe, dhol, pepa, gagana, taal, khol, japi and sarai) will arrive London on 23rd July, 2012.
> Ranjit Gogoi's Bihu team from Assam is selected to perform on that day at Wembley as part of the cultural event.  The Bihu dance troupe has already been recognised in London as a popular folk dance after their performance at Nehru Centre, House of Lords last year in June 2011. 
> Ranjit Gogoi will perform at various places in United Kingdom including Southbank Centre.
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> Ranjit Gogoi can be termed as the states cultural ambassador, Assamese Bihu which he has been performing with great aplomb. For him it has become a mission to promote and popularise Asomiya culture, dance, music, songs in western shores. 
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> Dear
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> Here is a statement for your use.
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> Regards,
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> Nava Thakuria,
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> President,
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> Parag Moni Aditya,
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> Working President,
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> Bimal Ghosh,
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> Secretary,
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> Bhaskarjyoti Bhuyan,
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> Treasurer,
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> Electronic Media Forum Assam,
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> Guwahati, Assam
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> EMFA urges for a high level impartial probe
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> Guwahati, July 14: The Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA )
> has appealed to the Government of Assam to initiate a high level impartial
> probe into the allegation leveled by an activist against a television journalist
> involved with the incident of molestation of a girl at GS Road of the city on
> July 9, 2012 evening. 
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> In an emergency meeting held at Guwahati Press Club today,
> the forum also demanded the State chief minister Tarun Gogoi, also in charge of
> Home department, to initiate for a collective analysis of all the forage of the
> incident after? forensic test.?? 
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> The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) ladder Akhil Gogoi
> had alleged in a press meet yesterday that Gaurav Jyoti Neog of News Live was
> involved with the incident of molestation of the girl. The EMFA urged the KMSS
> leader to submit the proof to support his allegation, and subsequently the
> activist organized a press meet today to expose the involvement of the
> journalist in the shameful incident.
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> The EMFA resolved in the meeting that the visuals presented
> by the KMSS leader were not sufficient enough to substantiate all claims made
> against the concerned journalist as being the instigator of the incident. The
> visuals shown by the activist was not supported by the raw footage of the
> incident, rather it was an edited DVD format, where there remains possibility
> of doctoring. 
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> Hence the?? forum
> demands that FSL test must include the raw footage of the incident (still
> possessed by Akhil Gogoi as he claimed in a press meet today), the DVD with the
> same content offered to SSP Apurba Jiban Barua by the News Live and the DVD
> handed over to EMFA by him after today?s press meet.? 
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> Meanwhile, the forum argues that Gaurav could have (should
> have) called the police first from the location of July 9 incident and then
> asked the office to send the camerapersons.The EMFA reiterates that it endorses the rule
> of law and journalists must behave as the law abiding citizens of the country always.? Hence it believes that the law of the land
> will take its own course in this respect as well. 
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