Cabinet Minister Jayant Mulla Barua has been accused of buying a large amount of property and land in his wife’s name. Cabinet Minister Jayant Mulla Barua has been accused of buying a large amount of property and land in his wife’s name. Gogoi claimed that the minister had bought 42 bighas of land and buildings worth crores of rupees since 2021 in the name of his wife Julie Deka Barua.
According to an affidavit filed with the Election Commission in 2011, Julie Deka Barua’s annual income was only Rs 2.18 lakh, or about Rs 18,000 per month. By 2021 he did not have a katha of agricultural land to his name and only 1 bigha and 1 katha of non-agricultural land in Nalbari. Gogoi alleged that since Jayant Mulla Barua became minister in 2021, a 13,000 square feet four-storey building was purchased in Ganeshguri on April 12, 2023 in his wife’s name, running a hotel and KFC. Besides, 36 bigha 1 katha land in Punyani near Tezpur University will be purchased on May 25, 2023 and 6 bigha 2 katha 7 lecha land in North Guwahati’s Sendurighopa village between April and December, the victim’s wife, who is a resident of the area, said the land was registered in his wife’s name on June 16, worth Rs 10 crore.
He said Kaziranga Orchid Park had evaded GST and called it a political incident. He said Kaziranga Orchid Park had evaded GST and called it a political incident. He alleged that the government is trying to make him irrelevant by applying such psychological pressure because the people’s party is also afraid of him. In this context, Gogoi publicly challenged Minister Barua to debate the source of his and his family’s wealth in the Assembly.
The MLA also condemned the arrest of two youths who painted Sonam Wangchuk’s picture on Vashista flyover in Guwahati. He said the arrest of two youths, Nakul Milli of Dibrugarh and Gaurav Singh of Guwahati, and the removal of the film by the administration reflected the government’s fear of artists and protests. He said the move was taken after Wangchuk drew a picture of him on hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar to protest irregularities in NIT exams.
There was no official response from Minister Jayant Molla Barua or the government regarding the allegations of financial irregularities and acquisition of wealth raised by the president of the Rise party. It remains to be seen whether the government will take up this challenge and debate the property in the Assembly.