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Withdraw auction Note for paper mills: Assam Congress into PM Modi

GUWAHATI: Assam Congress on Saturday transferred PM Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to draw the auction note issued by an official liquidator for 2 defunct newspaper mills below the Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) in the country.
Assam PCC president and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora encouraged Modi to Help the Assam government to rekindle both paper manufacturers like the effective takeover of their device of Hindustan Newsprint Limited in Kottayam from the Kerala government.
In his correspondence to Modi, Bora necessitated resurrection of both paper mills and informed him in the BJP’s electoral claims of protecting the public sector undertakings.
“I believe it isn’t essential to remind you of your continuing commitment in amounts of election meetings while you seen Assam throughout 2014, 2016, 2019 as well as 2021 to rekindle the stated two paper mills by providing special financial packages.
Another senior leaders of the BJP administration and Sarbananda Sonowal, the then chief minister of Assam, also Himanta Biswa Sarma, the current chief minister, also promised that the people of Assam to rekindle both paper mills in any price that is the lifeline of the individuals of the Brahmaputra and Barak Valleys,” rued Bora.
He explained the claims to rekindle the paper mills has been reflected in various election manifestos of BJP throughout succeeding elections for the past couple of decades.
Not just the workers and their households, however, Bora reported that the bamboo growers, jobless youths, small farmers, bamboo providers specifically and also the people of Assam generally were anticipating the authorities won’t ever visit accept such a brutal choice to market these two paper manufacturers to private parties using enormous landed land of over 2000 acres.
Production in both paper mills, Nagaon Paper Mill in Jagiroad at Morigaon district and Cachar Paper Mill in Panchgram at Hailakandi district, has been introduced to a stop in March 2017 and October 2015 respectively.
Shortly afterthe officers and personnel association of both paper mills were forced to transfer the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which May 29, 2019 passed an order directing the Union authorities to withhold funds to make certain the business stays operational.
Bora reported that the Assam government vide request dated September 10, 2020 had expressed interest to take over the 2 businesses.
Manabendra Chakraborty, president of the combined action committee of both public business paper mills, told TOI that their marriage is investigating possibilities to question the official liquidator’s notice.
“NCLAT requested the authorities to pump requisite capital for making sure that the firm (HPC), which conducts the 2 businesses, remains a major concern.
The liquidator should describe whether he’s approached the Centre and state authorities to find sufficient capital for the resurrection,” Chakraborty requested.
As a followup action of this arrangement of NCLAT, distinct questions were increased at the houses of Parliament and no hour talks in both homes were held with this matter.
Observing a variety of representations, memorandums from the officers and workers marriage of both paper mills, along with pleas from various civil society organisations in the Assam, a thorough revival strategy was devised at the campaigns of PMO.
The Congress, but alleged that the program continues to be lying pending for acceptance.
“I urge upon you which the stated comprehensive plan of resurrection have been researched before the purchase of both paper mills to some third party since the authorities of Kerala took on the Hindustan News Print Ltd, a subsidiary unit of HPC.
Therefore there’s every chance that the Assam government could shield both of these public sector undertakings,” Bora said.
“The workers of both paper mills haven’t been paid their wages for the past few years, over a hundred workers expired for want of medical therapy, many workers committed suicide from melancholy considering their potential.
Contemplating that the current horrible financial illness and Covid-19 pandemic scenario you’re asked to release all of the outstanding wages, allowances and other dues to both officials and employees of both paper mills without any additional delay,” read the memorandum.

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