{"id":118327,"date":"2024-02-23T21:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=118327"},"modified":"2024-02-23T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:20:15","slug":"effigy-of-congress-leader-debabrata-saikia-burned-by-youth-organizations-in-diphu-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=118327","title":{"rendered":"Effigy of Congress Leader Debabrata Saikia Burned by Youth Organizations in Diphu Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-118199\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/New-Logo-Smal-4.jpg?resize=180%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">O<\/span>n Friday afternoon at around 4 o&#8217;clock, the <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=110948\">ASDC<\/a> Youth Front and the KSA jointly burned an effigy of Congress leader Debabrata Saikia in Diphu. This action followed Saikia&#8217;s comments in the legislative assembly yesterday, where he criticized the eviction program of PGR-VGR lands in Kheroni as illegal and unconstitutional. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118329\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Effigy of Congress Leader Debabrata Saikia Burned by Youth Organizations in Diphu Protest\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118329 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3854c675-3ea0-4d8c-a68b-cb51ec9b6c12.jpeg?resize=1080%2C596&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Effigy of Congress Leader Debabrata Saikia Burned by Youth Organizations in Diphu Protest\" width=\"1080\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3854c675-3ea0-4d8c-a68b-cb51ec9b6c12.jpeg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3854c675-3ea0-4d8c-a68b-cb51ec9b6c12.jpeg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3854c675-3ea0-4d8c-a68b-cb51ec9b6c12.jpeg?resize=1024%2C565&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3854c675-3ea0-4d8c-a68b-cb51ec9b6c12.jpeg?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3854c675-3ea0-4d8c-a68b-cb51ec9b6c12.jpeg?resize=750%2C414&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Effigy of Congress Leader Debabrata Saikia Burned by Youth Organizations in Diphu Protest<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today, both organizations actively protested against these remarks. Supporters of the two groups set ablaze the effigy of Debabrata Saikia, chanting slogans like &#8220;Down with Congress (I)&#8221;, &#8220;Congress Murdabad&#8221;, and &#8220;Go back Debabrata Saikia&#8221;, thereby staging a vehement protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday afternoon at around 4 o&#8217;clock, the ASDC Youth Front and the KSA jointly burned an effigy of Congress leader Debabrata Saikia in Diphu. This action followed Saikia&#8217;s comments in the legislative assembly yesterday, where he criticized the eviction program of PGR-VGR lands in Kheroni as illegal and unconstitutional. Today, both organizations actively protested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48],"tags":[21727,21138,21718,21729,21726,21719,21728,21717,21733,21721,21716,21730,21723,21731,21722,7590,21720,21137,18410,21725,21724,21732],"class_list":["post-118327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karbi-anglong","tag-anti-congress-slogans","tag-asdc-youth-front","tag-congress-leader-debabrata-saikia","tag-congress-murdabad","tag-debabrata-saikia-effigy","tag-diphu-protest","tag-down-with-congress","tag-effigy-burning","tag-effigy-protest","tag-eviction-program","tag-friday-afternoon-protest","tag-go-back-debabrata-saikia","tag-illegal-eviction-protest","tag-indian-political-activism","tag-kheroni-eviction","tag-ksa","tag-legislative-assembly-criticism","tag-pgr-vgr-lands","tag-political-demonstrations","tag-political-protest","tag-unconstitutional-land-eviction","tag-youth-political-movements"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157382,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=157382","url_meta":{"origin":118327,"position":0},"title":"Karbi Anglong Road Accident: Shocking, Sad Two Youths Dead\u00a0","author":"ASSAM TIMES POST","date":"August 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Two teenagers were killed in a collision on the Mohendijua Upper Ekorani bypass along NH-36 under Manja Police Station on Sunday evening, Aug. 23,\u00a0 underscoring persistent concerns over highway safety in Karbi Anglong. 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