PM is not even aware of Assam problems: Priyanka
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Tue, Mar 2 2021 19:57 IST |
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Guwahati, March 2 : Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not even interact with the lakhs of farmers protesting against the Centre s three farm laws in Delhi, then how would he be aware of the problems pertaining to the people of Assam, which is far away from the national capital.
Addressing an poll campaign meeting at Tezpur in northern Assam s Sonitpur district, Priyanka said when lakhs of people faced the flood fury, the Prime Minister neither visited the state nor extended any financial assistance.
Parties in Assam welcome poll schedule, says ready to face voters
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Sat, Feb 27 2021 0:03 IST |
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Guwahati, Feb 26 : All major parties, both ruling and opposition, in Assam on Friday welcomed the announcement of the schedule of the election to the 126-member Assembly.
The ruling Bharatiya Janta Party, as well as the opposition Congress and its ally All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) leaders said that they are fully prepared for the elections and now onwards, they would intensify their poll campaign.
BJP state President Ranjeet Kumar Dass said: We are very much happy with the schedule announced by the Election Commission. The election dates would not disturb the Bohag Bihu festival (in mid April) that the people of Assam could not celebrate last year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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In conversation with The Wire s Mitali Mukherjee, Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress party outlines the various issues at stake for the upcoming assembly elections in Assam.
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Campaigning is at a feverish pitch in Assam, where assembly elections are scheduled to be held in April. It is a state where the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has emerged as a key electoral talking point.
In conversation with
The Wire‘s Mitali Mukherjee, Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress party says his party has already begun
Axom Basaon Ahok (Come, Letâs Save Assam) yatras from Bordowa Thaan in an attempt to reach out to the people of Assam on crucial issues of citizenship and economic strife.