Congress delegation on way to Nagaland’s Mon district stopped at Jorhat airport
India Today
The Congress constituted a four-member delegation to visit Nagaland following the death of 14 civilians. However, the delegation was stopped at Jorhat airport by the district administration on Wednesday when they were on their way to Mon.
A delegation of Congress leaders, including Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi and AICC general secretaries Jitendra Singh and Ajoy Kumar were stopped at Jorhat airport by the district administration on Wednesday when they were on their way to Nagaland’s Mon district, where 14 civilians were killed in a firing incident by security forces.
The Congress delegation was stopped following an order issued by the Jorhat deputy commissioner Ashok Barman which said that in view of the prevailing law and order situation in Mon district and in bordering districts following last week’s incident, the movement of civilians and others from Assam side has been restricted by the Nagaland government.
