GOHPUR: Senior Congress leader Ripun Bora on Sunday questioned Education Minister Dr Ranoj Pegu's Mising identity at an election meeting in Chenijan under Lohitmukh Gaon Panchayat in Gohpur.
Addressing the meeting ahead of the Mising Autonomous Council election, Bora said, “Dr Ranoj Pegu is not a real Mising; he is a fake Mising.”
Bora claimed that Pegu's father belonged to the Chutia community and that the minister grew up and studied while living with a Mising family. He alleged that Pegu had exploited the Mising people by using a Mising identity.
The Congress leader also alleged that Mising Autonomous Council Chief Executive Member Parmananda Saiyangia had close ties with Pegu. He alleged that the two had misused council funds and described their relationship as “vinahi-khulshali”.
Bora appealed to voters to take the right decision in the council election scheduled for November 30 and called for an end to the “vinahi-khulshali rule”.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee vice-president Dr Shankarjyoti Kutum, Biswanath District Congress president Prashanta Hazarika, and Congress-backed candidates Mahesh Pegu and Ramu Patgiri attended the meeting.
