Guwahati : The AGP, the BJP and the CPI-M Wednesday blamed the Tarun Gogoi government for the killing of 65 tribals in attacks by Bodo militants.
Asom Gana Parishad president Atul Bora demanded the immediate intervention of President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi into the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
The state government had failed to secure the lives of the people despite intelligence warnings about probable violence, he said.
“Many people had to lose their lives due to the irresponsible attitude of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi,” Bora said in a letter to Mukherjee and Modi.
“Similar incidents have been occurring in the state since 2012, and in June this year the NDFB anti-talk faction killed several people in Kokrajhar and Baksa districts,” he said.
Uddhab Barman of the Communist Party of India-Marxist said: “Most victims were women and children. The lives and property of the people are not secure. The government has failed miserably in maintaining law and order.”
He condemned the police firing at civilians protesting against the Bodo killings. Three people died in the firing.
The Bharatiya Janata Party too accused the Gogoi government of failing on all fronts.