Guwahati, March 15 -- Former Rajya Sabha member and Senior Congress leader Ripun Bora on Saturday refuted Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks, where he recalled his detention during Hiteshwar Saikia's tenure as Assam Chief Minister

Speaking to ANI, Bora said that if what Amit Shah said was done, it was only to protect law and order at that time.

"It was done only to protect law and order. Nobody is above the law, and it will always take its own course. When somebody takes law and order into his hands, the law will definitely take action. That time which Amit Shah ji mentioned, it was a volatile situation in Assam. There was anarchy in the state, and if our government did something, it was only to maintain peace and tranquillity in A...