Silchar Residents Sing Tagore Song to Defy Assam CM’s Treason Case Order

Overview

• Residents, intellectuals and cultural groups gathered at Silchar’s Khudiram Bose statue on Thursday evening and sang Amar Sonar Bangla in protest.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had directed police to pursue treason or sedition cases after a video showed the song being sung at a Congress Seva Dal event on October 29.
• Authorities have reportedly booked septuagenarian Congress worker Bidhu Bhushan Das for sedition following the event, though he says he has not been contacted about any FIR.
• Local voices, including former Assam University vice chancellor Tapadhir Bhattacharjee and activist Ajay Rai, condemned the order and defended singing Tagore’s work.
• Protesters framed the dispute within Assam’s Bangladesh-linked immigration sensitivities and declared pride in Rabindra Sangeet, vowing to keep performing Tagore’s songs.