Infighting in AASKSU

DIBRUGARH, July 23: The infighting in the All Assam Sonowal Kachari Students’ Union (AASKSU) has reached new heights with the Dipuranjan Makrary led group challenging the president and secretary of the other faction to prove the charges levelled against them.

The faction led by Gopal Sonowal and Keshab Sonowal had recently distributed leaflets in the town demanding the arrest of Makrary and a few others for blackmailing traders selling gutkha.

In a press statement, the vice-president, general secretary and publicity secretary, Dibyajyoti Deka Barua, Ratan Kachari and Manjit Sonowal respectively, demanded that Gopal Sonowal and Keshab Sonowal should prove the charges or they would take to legal recourse. They questioned the very legitimacy of the other group and asked when and in which conference the union was formed. The three office-bearers also demanded to know the amount they had reportedly collected through blackmailing. They said that if Gopal Sonowal and Keshab Sonowal failed to prove their statement, they would have to tender a public apology. THE SENTINEL