Kamrup: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday intensified his attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, saying that the 'intimidation tactics' that are being used by the BJP against the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will ultimately benefit party' yatra.
Contradicting Wayanad MP, Biswa Sarma termed the "unruly behaviour of the Congress workers as "Naxalite tactics" and instructed DGP Assam Police to register a case against Rahul Gandhi for violating guidelines that resulted in a massive traffic jam in Guwahati.
Guwahati: After huge uproar in Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi rapped CM, said - Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is the most corrupt Chief Minister of the country; Unemployment, corruption and inflation are at the peak in Assam. Farmers are struggling for their livelihood.… pic.twitter.com/MlCvQVfnRP
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The Congress leader is leading the party's Manipur to Mumbai Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
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Addressing a press conference in Kamrup, Congress leader termed the Assam CM "the most corrupt Chief Minister of the country."
"The chief minister of the state is one of the most corrupt chief ministers in the country.
Whenever I move to the state people tell me- that massive unemployment, corruption, price rise, farmers are struggling and no youth can get a job in this state. These are the issues we are raising and we are being very successful in it," he said. Congress MP further said that Assam CM's tactics will help our yatra and will benefit the Yatra.
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"Whatever the Assam CM is doing against the Yatra, it benefits the Yatra. The publicity that we might have not got, by doing this the Assam CM and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are helping us. Now, the main issue in Assam is the Yatra...It is their intimidation tactics...Our message of Nyay is reaching the people. Even the BJP people who are protesting are waving hands at me," he added.
He further said that this Yatra is about five pillars of NYAY adding that the Yatra has become the main issue of Assam. "There is an idea of Nyay behind this Nyay Yatra. Congress party will bring forward its five pillars of justice in the next one month which give the country power," he added.
