Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on Sunday denied the allegation leveled by ULFA-I chief Paresh Baruah that Mahanta came into power in 1996 with the help of ULFA.

The ULFA-I supremo recently commented in a television channel over phone that Mahanta came into power second time in 1996 with the help of ULFA.

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Mahanta on Sunday while attending a public meeting of the North East Minority Students Union (NWMSU) at Napam near Tezpur said AGP did not form government taking help from insurgency group.

โ€œBut at that time many innocent people along with AGP leaders were kiled by the ULFA,โ€ Mahanta further asserted.

He also countered as false and fabricated the allegations made by state finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a public meeting.

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