DHEMAJI, March 22 -- Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhupen Bora, who visited the Jonai constituency on Saturday, said that the Assam government has failed to control the law-and-order situation of the state, consequently, the common people are living amidst apprehension.

Speaking to the reporters at Jonai Laimekuri in Dhemaji district, Bora alleged that Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led BJP government in the state is working to destroy the democratic machinery and using the police administration to work in their favor.

Condemning the recent violent attack on Congress(I) party workers in the Jonai constituency, Bora said that Dhemaji police, despite knowing the gravity of the offenses, released the accused...