More than 100 Civil Society Members of Northeast condemn PM Modi’s speech in Rajasthan

Guwahati: Renowned civil society members from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur have condemned the speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajasthan and have urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to “take appropriate actions against him for violating model code of conduct.”

A statement issued by members of the civil society includes prominent personalities like Dr. Hiren Gohain, Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjya, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan and many more.

According to the statement, the members of the civil society wrote, “We have come across a video clip of Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi’s election speech which he delivered in a place called Banswara, at Rajasthan on Sunday.

“In his speech, the Prime Minister brazenly denigrated former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and a particular community quoting Dr Singh’s speech out of context.

“Modi’s speech is most shocking and unbecoming of a prime minister. It directly spreads hatred against a community. It clearly violates the model code of conduct of elections.

“We feel that the utterance of the Prime Minister goes against the basic tenets of democracy and our constitution.

“We condemn his speech  and  urge the Election Commission of India to take appropriate actions against him for violating the model code of conduct.”

Signatories are: Dr. Hiren Gohain, Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjya, Fr. Thomas Menamparampil, Apurba Sarma, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, Haidar Hussain, Dr. Paramananda Mahanta, Nitya Bora, Lakhmi Nath Tamuly, Dr Chandra Mohan Sarma, Dr. Abu Naser  Sayeed Ahmed, Prof. Abdul Mannan, Dr Manirul Hussain, Robin Dutta, Dr. Arupa Patangia Kalita, Dr. Roshmi Goswami, Jashomayee Devi, Indranee Dutta, Sumitra Hazarika, Deepak Goswami, Paresh Malakar, Santanu Borthakur, Sibananda Kakati, Debabrata Das, Rajen Kalita, Jnan Pujari, Purneswar Nath, Prof Abdul Salam, Ziauddin Munwarul Hoque, Sitanath Lahkar, Dr. Taufiqur Rahman Borborah, S R Saikia, Dr Hashim Ahmed, Dhani Ram Talukder,  Dr Kamal  Bora, Dinesh Dutta, Dr. Ghanashyam Nath, Dr Ahijuddin Skh, Narayan Debnath, Prof. Dwijen Barman, Dr. Jiban Dutta Barua, Harish Chandra Nath, Najibuddin Ahmed, Dr. Bhabesh Bhagabati, Dr. Anil Kumar Choudhury, Dr Sujit Chakrabarty, Sankar Saikia, Niren Thakuria, Dr. Paramananda  Majumdar, Chandan Chutiya, Maini Mahanta, Sabita Lahkar, Rupaleem Dutta, Suparna Lahiri Barua, Masfika Begum, Gunin Choudhury, Ainuddin Ahmed, Dudulmoni Sarmah, Gajen Kalita, Bedabrata Bora, Ainuddin Ahmed, Hemanta Das, Chakreswar Kachari, Rezza Ahmed, Ramanikanta Das, Anjan Goswami, Geeta Devi Gogoi, Kanan Mohan Dutta, Joygobinda Saikia, Prof. Begum Bilkis Banu, Dr Rekibuddin Ahmed , Rudra Singh Matak , Prof Joynal Abedin, Dr Hafiz Ahmed, Dr Pinaki Sengupta, Dr Devabrata Sarma, Dwipen Kakati, Tridiv Dutta, Mridul Kumar Bora, Manoranjan Goswami, Mahendra Khonikor, Jamini Borboruah, Dibyendu Das, Promod Mahanta, Dilip Kumar Bordoloi, Nirmal Gogoi, Hemen Bora, Kamal Sarma, Niranjan Mahanta, Syed Nafarullah Intezam, Syed Nurul Islam, Mariyam Begum, Syed Rakib Hussain, Abu Naser — Assam

Jarjum Ete, Hembi Ada — Arunachal Pradesh

Mary Beth Sanate — Manipur

Kysoibor Pyrthuh, Tarun Bhartiya, Thma U Rangli Juki, Dr. Moses Kharbithai — Meghalaya

Amba Jamir, Chumukedima, Alemtemshi Jamir — Nagaland