Overview

• The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee filed a plea urging the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of mob-backed threats against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Upper Assam.
• Opposition leaders argue the new arms licence policy reflects a breakdown of law and order and a failure by police to guarantee citizen security.
• Ripun Bora and Zakir Hussain Choudhury accuse Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of empowering RSS-linked youth groups and sidelining state law enforcement.
• The petition also suggests consideration of President’s Rule and requests the court to mandate adherence to 2016 anti-lynching guidelines.
• Congress demands implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, citing outstanding safeguards for indigenous communities and citizenship protections.