Diphu, July 6 -- Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi has leveled a serious allegation against the BJP government led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, stating that it is remotely controlling the constitutional powers granted to autonomous councils like BTR, Dima Hasao, and Karbi Anglong under the Sixth Schedule from Dispur.

Gogoi made these remarks during a press conference in Diphu on Saturday.

APCC president Gogoi asserted that those entrusted with protecting the spirit of the Sixth Schedule have instead undermined it.

He emphasized that despite the Sixth Schedule's aim to ensure administrative and financial autonomy for these regions, all real control now resides with Dispur.

"The Sixth Schedule was ...