Rajya Sabha member and Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Ripun Bora on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to conduct an inquiry into allegations that newly appointed Union Minister Nisith Pramanik is a Bangladeshi nationwide.
However, sources near Pramanik strongly refuted the allegations, saying the minister was born, introduced up and educated in India.
In his letter, which was additionally posted on his Twitter deal with, Bora claimed that the experiences in information channels particularly Barak Bangla and Republic TV Tripura and digital media, India Today and Business Standard, confirmed that Pramanik was a Bangladeshi nationwide.
Quoting the experiences, the MP claimed that the union minister’s birthplace was Harinathpur below Palasbari police station in Gaibandha district of Bangladesh and he reportedly got here to West Bengal for laptop research.
After getting a pc diploma, he first joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and later the BJP and was elected as an MP from Cooch Behar, Bora claimed.
According to the information channels, Bora claimed, Pramanik confirmed his handle as Cooch Behar in election papers “by manipulation”.
The channels additionally highlighted the “jubilant scenario”, together with a press release of “his elder brother” and a few villagers of his native village in Bangladesh expressing their satisfaction on Pramanik being appointed as union minister of state for dwelling.
“If it’s so, this can be a very severe matter for the nation, {that a} overseas nationwide is appointed as a union minister.
“Therefore, I urge upon you to conduct an inquiry about the actual birthplace and nationality of Nisith Pramanik in a most transparent way and clarify the whole issue as it creates confusion across the country,” Bora mentioned in his letter to Modi.
When contacted, sources near Pramanik mentioned the minister is a “patriotic Indian” who was born, introduced up and educated in India and asserted that the allegations had been baseless.
The sources mentioned if some family members of the minister had been celebrating in a foreign country, what can he do.
“If an Indian relative of a Canadian MP feels proud and celebrates in India, what can the Canadian MP do about it,” a supply mentioned.
It could also be an analogous case, the sources famous and hit out at Bora saying a accountable MP ought to know what’s improper and what’s proper.
