Guwahati: The Congress-led Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in Assam on Monday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'migratory bird' who visits the state occasionally, but fails to solve the basic problems and forgets to implement the poll promises.
Assam Pradesh Congress President Ripun Bora, accompanied by alliance leaders, said that Modi never came to Assam when the state and its people suffered a lot during the monsoon floods.
He said the Congress has put up some issues before the Prime Minister, but Modi purposefully remained silent on the basic issues -- increasing daily wage of Rs 351 for tea garden workers, the promise of two crore jobs per year, granting Scheduled Tribe status to six ethnic groups, the revival of the two sick paper mills in Assam and abduction of two oil company officials by the terrorists.
"The people are agitating against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and unprecedented price rise of essential commodities and fuel, but the Prime Minister deliberately avoided these issues," the Congress leader told the media.
Leader of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Aminul Islam, said that either Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national President J.P. Nadda or other party leaders are coming to Assam every week after the formation of the Mahagathbandhan.
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"Frequent visit of BJP's central leaders, including the PM and the HM, prove that the ruling party is afraid of the Mahagathbandhan. The saffron party is certain that it is going to lose the ensuing elections," the AIUDF leader said.