Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi was suspended from Assam Assembly on Monday for continuously raising the issue of employment to one lakh youths as promised by the BJP government during the address of Governor Jagdish Mukhi on the first day of the Budget session today.
Mr. Akhil Gogoi was found Suspended for the duration of the Governor’s speech. Speaker Biswajit Daimary asked him to leave the house for the duration of the Governor’s speech. Mr. Gogoi didn’t leave the house and showed a placard, following which Marshals dragged him outside. The Governor continued to read his 38-page speech.
Mr. Mukhi said, “To fulfill one of the key poll promises, the government has set in motion the process to provide one lakh jobs to our youth. “He then mentioned several steps being taken by the State government to recruit youths for various posts.
Apart from the one lakh employment to the youths, Mr. Gogoi tried to speak about issues like paddy procurement from farmers, land rights to indigenous people, and corruption in the water supply scheme while Mukhi was speaking. Though the speaker asked Mr. Gogoi not to disturb the governor while delivering his speech, every time he sat down only after the Speaker had asked him not to disturb the Governor’s speech.
As soon as the House reassembled after the Governor’s address, the Speaker revoked the suspension of Mr. Gogoi.
