News Desk: Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday April 9 accused the previous Congress government of doing “injustice” with the people of Assam.
Addressing a campaign rally at Sukuli Bhoria in Lakhimpur constituency of Assam, Shah said, “I want to tell Rahul Baba (Rahul Gandhi) that injustice has been meted out to Assam since the tenure of your grandmother (Indira Gandhi). Thousands of youths were killed after choosing the path of violence. This was the sin of the Congress party. The Narendra Modi government signed more than 10 agreements to bring peace to Assam. Nine thousand youths have surrendered to join the mainstream today”.
Targeting Rahul Gandhi over his statement of “restoring the dignity of Assam”, Shah said, “You did not remember Gopi Nath, Bhupen Hazarika. Bhupen Hazarika has been honored with Bharat Ratna by the Narendra Modi led BJP government”.
Shah also claimed that the BJP government had stopped “infiltration” through the Assam-Bangladesh borders into the state. He said that the BJP also put an end to the poaching of rhinos in Assam which provided a major boost to the tourism sector in the state.
Pertinently, BJP's sitting MP Pradan Baruah is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Lakhmpur for the third consecutive term against Congress candidate Uday Shankar Hazarika.
