Three touts are detained by the NFR, and more than Rs 1 lakh worth of train tickets are seized in Assam.

B O News Desk : The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a key ally of the BJP in Assam, has decided to approach the Supreme Court seeking exemption of the state from the Centre’s new directive on immigrant foreigners.

AGP vice-president and former MP Kumar Deepak Das told reporters on Saturday that the party will challenge the order, arguing that it goes against the provisions of the historic Assam Accord of 1985.

“Any attempt to dilute the Accord will be strongly opposed by our party. We have resolved to file a writ petition before the Supreme Court demanding Assam’s exemption from this directive,” he said.

The Centre’s order, issued under the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, permits Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who entered India by December 31, 2024, without valid documents, to stay on grounds of religious persecution.

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