GUWAHATI, Feb 20 : The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today threatened an all out campaign against the State Government on the issue of embezzlement of NC Hills Autonomous Council money worth Rs 1,000 crore.
It has also demanded resignation of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on moral grounds after the exposure of involvement of Ministers, bureaucrats and others made by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the scam.
Further, the party said, the UPA Government at the Centre should also take steps to dismiss the State Government after the NIA exposure.
In a statement here, BJP State spokesman Kulendra Daulagupu said that his party would raise the issue in the Parliament, Assembly and court, besides taking it to the streets. The scam has emerged as one of the biggest cases of embezzlement of public money in the country, Daulagupu said.
Daulagupu has also called for steps against Lt Gen Ajai Singh the then Governor of the State for his alleged involvement in the scam.