Guwahati, July 31 -- The Sivasagar District Congress Committee (DCC), along with the OBC department of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), staged a protest at Rang Ghar Bakori on Wednesday, against what they describe as NCERT's "distorted portrayal" of Ahom history in the new Class 8 history textbook.

Sivasagar DCC President Pranab Saikia and APCC General Secretary Raktim Gogoi led the protest and called on NCERT to correct the content before the textbook sees wider distribution.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Assam Congress stated: "Sivasagar DCC and the OBC Dept of Assam PCC held a protest at Rang Ghar Bakori against NCERT's distorted portrayal of Ahom history in Class 8 textbooks," noting that both Saikia and Gogoi l...