Overview

• Speaking at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital on Monday night, Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state is tracking visitors from Mumbai and Kerala and warned they would be arrested if they “cross limits.”
• He alleged some visitors disrupted the NRC update by creating “false records” and “false kins,” and said the government is ready to place alleged anomalies before the Supreme Court.
• The chief minister said eviction drives against encroachment will continue, citing orders he said were issued by the Supreme Court and the Gauhati High Court.
• Sarma made fresh allegations of outside funding and influence, naming Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s Farm2Food NGO as linked to George Soros and urging scrutiny of USTM’s initial funding, while accusing Badruddin Ajmal and Mehmood Madani of using external funds.
• After a four-day-old infant’s death at GMCH, Sarma called it negligence and announced an inquiry committee to determine accountability.