India, Aug. 2 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday criticised Assam's BJP government for detaining land rights activist Pranab Doley under the National Security Act (NSA), calling it "a blatant misuse of preventive detention laws" in a statement posted on X.

Doley, convenor of the Greater Kaziranga Land and Human Rights Protection Committee (GKLHRPC), was detained under the NSA on July 30, a day after a Golaghat sessions court granted him bail. He had been arrested on July 12 in connection with protests against a proposed luxury hotel near the Kaziranga National Park. Ramesh alleged that the resort project was backed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

"Since 2022, indigenous residents of Golaghat have protested and even peti...