A day after Congress MP Rakibul Hussain and his PSOs were attacked by unidentified persons in Assam's Nagaon district, the party on Friday slammed the state government and said it was "murder of democracy" and it will not allow "jungle raj and goonda raj" to prevail here.
The Congress MLAs staged a protest march in the Assam Assembly complex holding placards and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.
"The police did not make proper security arrangements despite having prior information. That area had witnessed similar violence earlier also. This was murder of democracy and an attempt to demoralise the Congress workers," Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia told reporters.
The Assam government in a way tried to prevent the movement of the people's representatives so that no public opinion could be created on the ground, he alleged.
"The CM's statement that he would give additional security when Rakibul Hussain visits Samaguri and Rupahihat next time was very insensitive. He