SILCHAR, Aug 30 – After a long wait, Sujan Dutta has been appointed new chairman of Silchar Development Authority (SDA). In the last tenure, Partha Ranjan Chakraborty, the general secretary of Cachar District Congreee Committee, was the chairman who was also a close aide of Ex-Union Minister Santosh Mohan Dev. But Sujan Dutta is said to be very close to Gautam Roy, State Minister.
The grapevine has it that it is the beginning of the end of Santosh Mohan Dev’s pre-eminence in Cachar. The appointment is politically significant in the sense that its final approval was given by Urban Development Minister Dinesh Prasad Goala, who was expected to appoint one of his close men to the post.
Partha Ranjan Chakraborty was made the chairman on August 3, 2004, just after SM Dev had taken charge of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Ministry at the Centre.
Earlier, SM Dev, whenever he was either minister or MP, always made someone close to him as SDA chairman. But this time the scenario is opposite. The person close to Gautam Roy is heading the SDA.
This appointment has created waves in Cachar District Congress. Sources said Silchar MLA Bithika Dev personally wanted Silchar Block Congress president Sajal Acharjee as SDA chairman soon after the party swept the Municipality elections. District Congress organising secretary Arun Dutta Majumdar, Shibu Kanungo and Dipak Dev were also in the battle from Urban Development Minister Dinesh Prasad Goala’s side.
Sources said that Sujan Dutta was in no way in the picture. But Goala shocked everyone by appointing a close confidante of Roy. Simultaneously, Goala faced the anger of Silchar Congress. He tried to appease but had to bow down to the pressure of Roy.
Sujan Dutta played a very important role in defeating Sudip Dutta, the Congress candidate in ward No. 25 in the recently held civic body poll. Sudip Dutta was the vice-chairman of the former Silchar Municipality Board led by Bithika Dev. ASSAM TRIBUNE
The grapevine has it that it is the beginning of the end of Santosh Mohan Dev’s pre-eminence in Cachar. The appointment is politically significant in the sense that its final approval was given by Urban Development Minister Dinesh Prasad Goala, who was expected to appoint one of his close men to the post.
Partha Ranjan Chakraborty was made the chairman on August 3, 2004, just after SM Dev had taken charge of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Ministry at the Centre.
Earlier, SM Dev, whenever he was either minister or MP, always made someone close to him as SDA chairman. But this time the scenario is opposite. The person close to Gautam Roy is heading the SDA.
This appointment has created waves in Cachar District Congress. Sources said Silchar MLA Bithika Dev personally wanted Silchar Block Congress president Sajal Acharjee as SDA chairman soon after the party swept the Municipality elections. District Congress organising secretary Arun Dutta Majumdar, Shibu Kanungo and Dipak Dev were also in the battle from Urban Development Minister Dinesh Prasad Goala’s side.
Sources said that Sujan Dutta was in no way in the picture. But Goala shocked everyone by appointing a close confidante of Roy. Simultaneously, Goala faced the anger of Silchar Congress. He tried to appease but had to bow down to the pressure of Roy.
Sujan Dutta played a very important role in defeating Sudip Dutta, the Congress candidate in ward No. 25 in the recently held civic body poll. Sudip Dutta was the vice-chairman of the former Silchar Municipality Board led by Bithika Dev. ASSAM TRIBUNE
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