Water, electricity connections snapped at ex-Assam CM Mahanta’s quarters

Water and electricity connections were snapped on Wednesday at the assembly quarters of former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta as he was overstaying there despite receiving notice several times to vacate it, officials said.

Currently, Mahanta is not an MLA and he has not been entitled to have quarters there, a government official said.
The General Administration Department of the state government looks after providing accommodation to lawmakers.

The officer said that the former Chief Minister was allowed to stay there on request. But since they were not vacating the quarters after several notices, the department had to snap the water and electricity connection there.

However, Mahanta’s wife Joyasree Goswami Mahanta claimed that they have already moved to a new house.