[Assam] HBS, a blame game is no excuse. On behalf of the composite Assamese NATION, the whole Dispur administration and politicians (including P. Majhi) should ask forgiveness with our traditional ‘DonDo Bidhi’ PUBLICLY, on their knees with folded hands.

[Bartta Bistar]

Press Trust of India



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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 (Guwahati)

A senior Assam minister today said the stripping and assault of a woman here
last week was an aberration and went against the ethos of Assamese society
and accused the national media of not projecting the incident in ''proper
perspective''.

Senior minister and government spokesman, Himanta Biswa Sarma, claimed that
the media did not project the incident properly and it was made to look as
if society in Assam was divided.

''There is no divide in Assam's society as it has been tried to project''
Sarma said while condemning the incident.

''The incident was an aberration but it was a good sign that several
community leaders had unanimously condemned the incident'', the minister
said.

Expressing serious concern over the stripping incident during the protests
in the city, Sarma said it went against the ethos of Assamese culture.