LS election sprung a few surprises at Dibrugarh

From our Staff Reporter
DIBRUGARH, May 18: The recent Lok Sabha election sprung a few surprises in Dibrugarh Parliamentary seat.
Paban Singh Ghatowar revenged his defeat of 2004, beating AGP’s Sarbananda Sonowal by 35,143 votes. The Congress candidate won 3,59,163 votes. A break up of the votes polled shows that 31,199 votes in Dibrugarh LAC, 39,411 in Moran LAC, 36,443 in Lahoal LAC, 43,595 in Duliajan LAC, 39,503 in Tingkhong, 34,539 in Naharkatia, 43,487 in Tinsukia LAC, 38,881 in Digboi LAC and 51,951 in Margherita LAC went in favour of Ghatowar. Meanwhile, the number of votes that went in favour of Sonowal stands as 40,348 in Dibrugarh LAC, 34,047 in Moran LAC, 32,266 in Lahoal LAC, 37,196 in Duliajan LAC, 36,371 in Tingkhong, 36,346 in Naharkatia LAC, 37,825 in Tinsukia LAC, 7,331 in Digboi LAC and 42,567 in Margherita LAC.
A comparison of the figures shows that the AGP candidate was ahead of his Congress rival only in Dibrugarh LAC, which has a BJP MLA, Prasanta Phukon. However, the dismal show in Duliajan and Tingkhong has taken observers by surprise as BJP’s Rameshwar Teli and AGP’s Anup Phukon respectively are the MLAs of the two places. Many attribute it to the disenchantment among party workers over the alliance with BJP. Political analysts point out that Sonowal’s performance in places which have Hindi speaking majority show that the AGP candidate has made inroads into bastions where his party was never been favoured.
Meanwhile, the people are hoping to see accelerated development in their district under the Congress MP.


Newly constructed building of Tinsukia Law College inaugurated

From our Correspondent
TINSUKIA, May 18: A newly constructed building of the Tinsukia Law College in the campus was inaugurated yesterday by Minister of Power and Industries Pradyut Bordoloi by lighting lamp.
The newly constructed building of the Law College construction has been done by the college through its own fund. Dr Kandarpa Kumar Deka, Vice-Chancellor of Dibrugarh University was also present in the building inauguration meeting. In the inauguration meeting of the newly constructed building held with Parul Sharmah, president of the college governing body in chair, the welcome address was read by Vice-Principal of the college Sanjay Khaitan while Phani Bhusan Sharmah, Principal of the college explained the objective of the meeting.
A website of the college was inaugurated by Dr KK Deka Vice-Chancellor, Dibrugarh University. In the meeting, the annual magazine of the college was also released. It may be mentioned that, the Tinsukia Law College is the only college imparting legal education in Tinsukia District. The College was shifted to the present permanent campus in 1996. THE SENTINEL