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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) claimed the Congress-led Opposition paid the terms for "politicising" instrumentalist Zubeen Garg's death successful the Assembly polls arsenic they were rejected by the people. He visited Garg's cremation ground, 'Zubeen Khetra' astatine Kamarakuchi successful Sonapur connected the outskirts of Guwahati to wage tribute to the instrumentalist who died successful Singapore connected September 19 past twelvemonth portion swimming successful the sea.
The 52-year-old vocalist had gone to the Southeast Asian federation to execute successful the 4th variation of the festival. Mr. Sarma stressed that determination should beryllium nary authorities successful the sanction of Zubeen Garg. "As promised, aft the particulate of the elections settled, I visited the tract contiguous purely arsenic a tribute to idiosyncratic who, for us, is evergreen. He was ne'er a substance of politics, but an emotion that lives successful each heart," the Chief Minister said.
He besides claimed that politicising the unfortunate decease of Garg backfired connected the Congress-led Opposition during the precocious concluded Assembly elections. "Some of them person stopped invoking his sanction arsenic soon arsenic polls got over, and those who came to his shrine had nary cognition of Zubeen erstwhile helium was alive," the Chief Minister said.
"Zubeen was, is and volition ever stay my favourite! Today, astatine Zubeen Khetra, I paid my tributes to Assam's eternal heartthrob and reviewed the advancement of the improvement enactment underway, an effort that volition basal arsenic a fitting tribute to his enduring legacy," Mr. Sarma told reporters.
The Congress and its allies had criticised the Assam government during predetermination campaigns implicit the alleged hold successful mounting up the fast-track tribunal successful the Zubeen Garg decease case. Giving justness to Zubeen Garg wrong 100 days of authorities enactment was a "guarantee" by the Congress, which criticised the BJP arsenic nary National enactment person visited Zubeen Khetra.
During his sojourn connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026), Mr. Sarma reviewed the ongoing improvement works astatine the Zubeen Khetra. He said the archetypal signifier of operation has begun, portion steps person besides been taken to safeguard the tract from imaginable landslides. Once the operation of the bound partition is completed, the main improvement enactment of the Samadhi Khetra is expected to advancement successful a structured manner, the Chief Minister added.
