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shun the path of hatred and violence and could also secure the
Congress nomination to a record number of 19 Youth Congress members during the 1991 Assembly elections. The party regained power in 1991 elections and Sri. Dutta who contested and won from Amguri LAC, the traditional anti Congress stronghold was made a Minister in the year 1992 in the Hiteswar Saikia led Government. He joined the
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was in the red and it was only after Sri Dutta took charge as its
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