Asom Government to file case
against NETV
NEW
DELHI, Jan 31: Asom Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi today said the Government
will file a case against North
East Television (NETV) for reporting
that the State
administration allegedly
paid money to banned outfit
ULFA to withdraw its call to
boycott the National Games.
Yes, we are going to
file a case against the TV channel.
I have taken the matter very
seriously, and we are not
going to spare them, he
said here today.
The channel today reported
that it did not run the
story, but I have video
recording of the news item
and I will certainly take
action against them, he
said.
Terming the news report as
malicious, Gogoi asked as to
why the channel took six
days to deny the report.
They aired the report on
January 25, but I was told
that they have denied it today,
he said.
Only yesterday, the ULFA had
warned the TV channel, owned
by former Union Minister and
Congress leader Matang
Singh, that it would have to
wind up its operations in
Asom if it failed to prove
its report that the banned
outfit had taken money from
the Government to withdraw
its call to boycott the
National Games.
The report had said that
ULFA had clandestinely
accepted money from the
Government to consider
withdrawing its call to boycott
the National games, scheduled
to be held here during February
9-18. PTI
ULFA
justifies threat to NETV, slams
BJP
GUWAHATI,
Jan 31: The ULFA today justified
its threat to the NETV saying
that it was yet to withdraw
its call to boycott the National
Games. The TV channel
has to clear the controversy
it created by telecasting a
news item stating that the ULFA
received cash from the Government
so as to allow the National
Games go smoothly in the State,
the rebel group said in its
mouthpiece Swadhinata.
After NETV, the Asom unit of
the BJP today came under
fire from the ULFA for the
partys allegation that the
outfit had accepted a huge
amount of money to consider
withdrawing its boycott to
the National Games.
The ULFA warned the BJP of
dire consequences if it
could not prove its charge
that the outfit had accepted
money from the Asom
Government to consider
withdrawing its boycott call
for the Games.
Like the NETV, the State
unit of the BJP has brought
the allegation... they have
to prove it or face dire
consequences, the
mouthpiece which was e-mailed
to the local media said.
The outfit also criticized
journalists Dhirendra Nath
Chakravarty, Dilip Chandan
Sarma and Axom Xahitya Xabha
president Kanaksen Deka for
supporting NE TVs charge
that the ULFA had accepted
money.
All of them are in league
with the Government and have
no right to reject the demand
of sovereignty, it said.
The proscribed outfit came
down heavily on NE TV CMD
Manoranjana Singh saying
that by airing the charge,
the channel had flouted all
norms of journalism and
truth.
It, however, said that it
wanted talks and disputed
the Governors contention
that it was not interested
in dialogue. The Governor
of Assam has given an anti-Asom
speech on the Republic Day function
when he said the ULFA was not
interested in talks,
the mouthpiece said, and added:
We constituted the Peoples
Consultative Group (PCG) only
to pave the way of direct talks
with the Government. The role
of the PCG should not be
misinterpreted as that of a
mediator.
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