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| Guwahati |
Published: May 25, 2020 9:58:05 am
In the letter, he said that the relief money raised by certain members of Covid-19 should not be used to provide relief to those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in new Delhi, the “jihadists” and “jahil”.
The Assam government has removed KK Gupta as a member of an immigration Court in Baksa district a month after his controversial letter, in which he stated that the relief money raised by certain members of Covid-19 should not be used to provide relief to those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in new Delhi, the “jihadists” and “jahil”.
In a resolution dated May 22, N Goswami, deputy secretary to the government of Assam political department, of the notice, “In the interest of public service… Kamalesh Kumar Gupta, Member, Foreigners Tribunal, Baksa stands published w.e.f. 23/5/2020 (in the afternoon), because their conduct has been found to be unbecoming of a responsible FT Member.”
A senior government official told The Indian Express, “The state can’t afford the luxury of having a person in a position of responsibility.” He said that Gupta’s contract had come up for renewal and the government decided against the renewal of consider your conduct.
The Indian Express in April reported about the letter dated April 7 and signed by Gupta — directed state of Health and the Minister of Finance Himanta Biswa Sarma. Gupta said that he had withdrawn the letter and that it was never actually sent to the government. The letter mentions the names of 12 other FT Members who distanced themselves from it later.
Soon after the matter was reported in the media, a case was filed after a complaint by the all Assam Minority Students Union against Gupta. Barpeta Congress MP Abdul Khaleque, also wrote to Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal to demand the termination of Gupta for his “very communal” and “Islamophobic” of the letter.
In a letter dated April 30, N D Patowary, deputy secretary of the department of political affairs, issued show cause notice to the other members referred to in Gupta of the letter after the FIR. “This law is not to the height of a responsible FT Member, since that can lead to the lack of communal harmony,” Patowary wrote. “You are hereby directed to show cause why you should not face disciplinary action for this act of yours,” he said.
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