Slamming the alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam as the coming together of “two dangerous forces of communalism and divisiveness”, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “insulting” the people of the State and going back on promises of development.
Taking potshots at the Prime Minister for his remarks linking his humble origins as a tea seller with Assam tea, she said, “Those working in the tea gardens as well as the tribal people are asking when will the good days ( achche din ) come.”
Alleging that the BJP had “insulted” the people of Assam and the North-east, Ms. Gandhi said the composite culture of the State was in “danger”, and if the alliance of the BJP, the Asom Gana Parishad and the Bodoland People’s Front came to power, the “era of peace and development” ushered in by the 15-year rule of Tarun Gogoi in the State would be under “threat”.
Counter-force Positioning the Congress as the counter-force to these powers, Ms. Gandhi asked, “Why so they oppose the Congress and its workers? Because they know it well that the Congress represents all sections of Assamese society. They know that in 15 years of Gogoi’s rule, Assam has emerged as a progressive State.”
