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There is no dearth of talent in the villages and far-flung areas. I have a daring dream of each state having at least one medical college and a technical institution imparting education in the local language, he said, promising setting up such institutions in Assam after the assembly elections. ....
GUWAHATI: Accusing prime minister Narendra Modi of neglecting the prime demands of the people of Assam, repealing the Citizenship Amendment Act and implementation of the Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, the state Congress on Sunday questioned him as to why he skipped talking about these issues during his 40-minutes-long speech. Senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, while addressing a press conference here, also reminded the Prime Minister of the promises he had made to the tea tribes granting them the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and raising their minimum daily wage to Rs 351. “The tea workers basically have two primary demands increasing their wage to Rs 351 per day and ST status. Modi had promised them these, but nothing has happened about it to date. Moreover, the PM also hasn’t specified as to whether the Rs 1,000 crore that has been sanctioned for workers in tea plantations will be used to increase their wages. He has very conveniently avoided speaking on these topics ....