ATTSA issues stern warning to parties

JORHAT, April 24: While literally 'banning' the BJP, the Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) has warned political parties and their henchmen not to enter tea gardens or approach labour quarters after 7 pm to seek support for the ensuing Assembly elections. An emergent meeting held here on Saturday under the presidentship of the Association's Jorhat district unit president Durga Bhumij, while singling out the BJP for 'special treatment' for their lackadaisical attitude towards the over 60 lakh strong tea tribe electorate, also lambasted the AGP-led Government for turning a deaf ear towards the latters' plight and also for not initiating any welfare programmes for the perennially backward tea tribes. The Congress too came in for flak for their consistent 'deceit' and 'falsehood' for over 45 years now. "If need be, the AGP and Congress will also be 'banned' like the BJP", the meeting unanimously agreed. Significantly, the ATTSA meeting resolved to support certain candidates at the personal level and necessary instruction on the decision has since been intimated to other State units of the organisation.