Guwahati, Sept. 27 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and several party workers were detained in Guwahati on September 27 shortly after arriving for the party's scheduled "Volunteer Meet-Up."

Ranka was detained alongside three participants who had traveled from Nagaland for the event.

Speaking to reporters before his detention, Ranka accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of trying to prevent people from questioning the condition of the state's infrastructure.

"Why is Himanta Biswa Sarma afraid of people seeing the actual condition of schools in Assam? He knows the situation would become known across the country. He is also afraid of what is happening to people's rights in Kaziranga, where land, forests...