Guwahati: Assam Additional Advocate General Devajit Saikia has been barred from entering the Assembly for two weeks for allegedly clicking and uploading a selfie on social media when the House was in session.
“I have received a written complaint from AIUDF MLA Hafiz Bashir Ahmed regarding the incident. I have forwarded the matter to the Privilege Committee,” Assam Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami said in the House. Informing that the panel has been asked to submit a report within two weeks following an enquiry into the matter, he said, “Till the enquiry is over, I advise Devajit Saikia not to come to the Assembly.”
The Additional Advocate General had allegedly clicked a selfie with the Chief Minister’s Press Adviser Hrishikesh Goswami on February 7 while the budget for financial year 2017-18 was being presented in the House.
The Speaker had suspended AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam for three days for using Facebook Live to telecast his speech from inside the House. (PTI)
