Sherman Ali Ahmed, an Assam Congress MLA, was suspended Monday, just days after he was arrested for making offensive statements during a 40-year-old eviction drive. Congress said in a one-line statement that Mr. Ahmed had been suspended with immediate effect for continuously breaking party discipline.
The Congress had already issued a show-cause notice to the three-time MLA from Baghbar for justifying the killing of eight people in Darrang district during an agitation in 1983. He referred to the eight people as “murderers,” as they were seen as protest martyrs in Assamese society.
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