Accusing the Border Magistrate of Merapani for taking over the Gomariguri Block Congress office located at Merapani Community Hall, a protest was held near the DC office in Golaghat by Golaghat District Congress Committee officials and members on Monday.
The administration shut down the Congress party office without providing any notice. Stating that the act was against procedural rules, the Congress committee questioned the Border Magistrate. The Merapani Community Hall was named after the great leader Nagen Neog and the Gomariguri Block Congress office had been functioning there since 2011-12, said the protesting Congress activists.
The office was asked to be reopened within 24 hours by the protesters; they also insisted that actions should be taken against the Border Magistrate of Merapani. The Deputy Commissioner of Golaghat was forwarded a memorandum in this regard.