Himanta Biswa Sarma questioned the alliance of Congress with Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF. (FILE)
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Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has once again hit out at the Congress over its alliance with Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF, claiming that this will push the party back by 50 years . In the early 80s, the Congress got alienated from the people of Assam. It took the party 25 years, first with Hiteshwar Saikia and then Tarun Gogoi, to rebuild Congress in Assam, but by aligning with Ajmal, they have pushed the party back by another 50 years, Mr Sarma told NDTV. Our question is, you have five guarantees, you have Rahul (Gandhi), Priyanka (Gandhi Vadra), so why do you need Ajmal? he asked, referencing the Congress s new five-guarantee campaign announced by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra earlier this month.
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The Congress has formed a Grand Alliance consisting of the AIUDF and six other parties to fight the upcoming election for the 126-member assembly against the BJP-led NDA.
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He also attacked the opposition party accusing it of dividing the country and the state in the name of religion.
Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi had never allied with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), but now the Congress joined hands with the Badruddin Ajmal-led party only to grab power in the state, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh claimed on Sunday. Addressing his third election rally of the day in Assam, the senior BJP leader also claimed that the Congress is doing politics of division while the BJP is engaged in politics of humanity.
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Only BJP is the party, which works for the benefit of the poor. The BJP government has worked tirelessly for the people in tea gardens across the state, said the Union Textiles Minister