{"id":243520,"date":"2025-02-21T04:35:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/congress-mp-rukibul-hussain-attacked-en-route-to-public-meeting-in-assams-nagaon\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T04:35:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:35:32","slug":"congress-mp-rukibul-hussain-attacked-en-route-to-public-meeting-in-assams-nagaon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/congress-mp-rukibul-hussain-attacked-en-route-to-public-meeting-in-assams-nagaon\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress MP Rukibul Hussain attacked en route to public meeting in Assam\u2019s Nagaon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guwahati: Dhubri MP Rukibul Hussain was attacked by some unidentified miscreants on Thursday in Rupohihat of Nagaon district of Assam. His PSO had fired at least four rounds as the commotion became bigger. Hussain was on route to attend a Congress workers’ meeting in Gunabari. Hussain was a former minister.A senior police officer said that a group of individuals covered their faces with black cloth and waved black flags at the MP before launching the attack. His bodyguard was also assaulted in the chaos, intensifying the tension at the scene.<\/p>\n

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma<\/a> assured security arrangements for Hussain whenever he visits the Samaguri and Rupahihaat areas<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have received information that Rakibul was attacked in Rupahihat. The Superintendent of Police is with him right now, and we will provide security to the Congress leader every time he visits the said areas,\u201d Sarma said during the third day of the budget session.<\/p>\n

In a viral video assailants chanting \u201cGo back, Rakibul\u201d. One miscreant was clearly seen striking Hussain with a cricket bat, while two his Personal Security Officer (PSO) was also assaulted.<\/p>\n


Nagaon Additional Superintendent of Police Jayanta Baruah stated that a PSO sustained injuries, prompting security personnel to fire four warning shots to disperse the mob. \u201cFollowing the incident, the leader proceeded towards his next public meeting,\u201d said ASP Baruah.Hussain chose not to file an FIR. He said, \u201cI could have gone and filed an FIR, but instead, I chose to stay with the people,\u201d he said.His son Tanzil Hussain, who contested the Samaguri by-poll seat in 2024. He said, \u201cMy father, who is also an MP, received the highest number of votes in the nation. If he, representing 24 lakh people, is not safe, then I have nothing to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) strongly condemned the attack, with its chief Bhupen Kumar Borah accusing the BJP-led government of failing to ensure safety of elected representatives. \u201cToday\u2019s attack on an MP exposes the inefficiency of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government. This is not the first time\u2014when Rahul Gandhi visited, BJP goons attacked me too, and we never got justice. Let me warn Sarma\u2014such petty tricks won\u2019t work against us,\u201d Borah said.<\/p>\n

In Dhubri District Congress workers gathered at Rajiv Bhawan to condemn the attack on the congress MP.
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Guwahati: Dhubri MP Rukibul Hussain was attacked by some unidentified miscreants on Thursday in Rupohihat of Nagaon district of Assam. His PSO had fired at least four rounds as the commotion became bigger. Hussain was on route to attend a Congress workers’ meeting in Gunabari. Hussain was a former minister.A senior police officer said that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-118436725,imgsize-995377.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[46791,189280,48830,146,189282,1896,189281,189284,189279,34003,4286,75818,189286,189287,3560,11138,189288,189283,189285],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243522,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243520\/revisions\/243522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}