Rama Kanta Dewri is a

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

politician from the Indian state of

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. He has been elected in

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election in 2016 from the

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Accusations

On 18 February 2017, a sex tape allegedly featuring Dewri went viral in the Marigaon constituency. Dewri denied involvement in the video and said he would resign if forensic tests showed his involvement. According to Morigaon district Superintendent of Police Swapnail Deka, a criminal case has been filed by Dewri against the editors of three local television channels that broadcast the video. He also stated that four compact discs containing the video were distributed to four local TV channels, with three of them airing the footage.

References

Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 2016–2021 People from Morigaon district Year of birth missing (living people) Assam MLAs 2021–2026 {{Assam-BJP-politician-stub