GUWAHATI, Oct 15: In its hearing today, the Justice PC Phukan Commission that has been probing the communal flare-up in Udalguri and Darrang districts last year took the statement of Asom Irrigation Minister Nurzamal Sarkar.
After the hearing, Sarkar said: "I told the Commission what I had to say. As a minister, I will cooperate as much as possible with the inquiry commission. What, however, irks me is that for being a minister from the Muslim community, the people have a wrong notion that I have nexus with some anti-national Muslim organizations. This is unfortunate. I am always in favour of communal harmony in the State. I’m in no way associated with any organizations that do politics in the name of religion. It’s unfortunate that even before the commission’s submission of report, the public has projected me as a guilty."
In the last hearing of the Commission, Sarkar could not attend it and requested the Commission to summon him on a convenient date later on. There were allegations at that time that Sarkar was avoiding the inquiry commission.
There had been allegations of involvement of Sarkar and associate Congress MLA Idris Ali in the road blockade that had been called by the Muslim United Students’ Association (MUSA) on August 14 last year, a day before the communal flare-up erupted in Udalguri and Darrang districts. THE SENTINEL
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