Rahul said that the congressional government under the leadership of former Prime Minister Tarun Gogoi had ended the era of violence in Assam.
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Sivasagar: Accusing the BJP and RSS of dividing Assam, Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday that his party will protect all principles of the Assam Agreement and will never implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act if power is voted in the condition.
Addressing his first public rally in Assam ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled for March-April, Rahul said the state needs its “own chief minister” who hears the voice of the people and not one who only listens to Nagpur and Delhi. .
“The Assam Accord has brought peace and it is the protector of the state. The workers of my party and I will protect every principle of the Accord. There will not be a single deviation from it,” he said.
Rahul said that illegal immigration is a problem in Assam and exudes confidence that the people of the state have the ability to solve the problem through dialogue.
Claiming that the BJP and RSS are trying to divide the state on the issue of the Assam Agreement, he said: “If Assam is divided, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi or the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah will not be affected, but the people of Assam and the rest of India will be affected. “
Speaking of the controversial CAA, the top congressional leader said that if his party comes to power in the state, the law will not be implemented under any circumstances.
All party leaders, including Rahul, were seen wearing “Gamocha” (Assamese scarf), where the word CAA was symbolically crossed, giving a message against the controversial law.
Rahul said Assam needs a prime minister of its “own people” who will listen to its problems and try to solve them.
“The remote control can operate a TV but not a CM. The current CM listens to Nagpur and Delhi. If Assam gets a CM like this again, it will not benefit the people. Young people need a CM to give them work.” he said.
Glancing at the Prime Minister, the Union Interior Minister and “businessmen close to them”, Gandhi said: “I have devised a new slogan for Assam: Hum do, humare do; Assam ke liye humare aur do, aur sab kuch loot it. “
He alleged that the state’s natural resources and UPMs are being “sold” to two important businessmen in the country.
Rahul also accused the Modi government of “looting” public money during the COVID-19
pandemic and giving up huge amounts of loans from his “two business friends.”
He said that the congressional government under the leadership of former Prime Minister Tarun Gogoi had brought peace to Assam by ending the era of violence.
The Assam Agreement provides for the detection and deportation of all illegal immigrants who entered the country after 1971 and who live in the state, regardless of their religion.
According to the CAA, members of the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan until December 31, 2014 and who face religious persecution will not be treated as illegal immigrants and will be will grant Indian citizenship. .
Anti-CAA protesters in the state say the law violates the provisions of the Assam Accord.
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