Assam Election 2021: Election campaigns are heating up in Assam. Days following Home Minister Amit Shah’s check out, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today visited the poll-bound eastern state. Addressing a rally, Rahul Gandhi today raised the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) concern and stated that it will under no circumstances be implemented in Assam. Gandhi was also observed wearing a ‘No CAA’ gamcha.
Rahul Gandhi’s statement evoked a sharp response from state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who stated that no one was discussing the CAA in Assam. “Nobody is discussing CAA. You can check social media. People are busy discussing that Assam has given scooty to girl students, and which two-wheeler the boys will get. The Congress is behind by 50 years, brings up stale issues,” Sarma stated.
During his speech today, Gandhi had also stated that no energy in the globe can break Assam. “Whoever will try to touch the Assam Accord or spread hatred, Congress party and people of Assam will teach them a lesson together.”
असम को दुनिया की कोई ताकत नहीं तोड़ सकती। जो असम कोड को छूने की कोशिश करेगा, जो असम को बांटने की कोशिश करेगा, उसको असम की जनता और कांग्रेस पार्टी मिल कर सबक सिखायेगी: श्री @RahulGandhi#RahulGandhiWithAssam pic.twitter.com/dNIZiL5SDP
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 14, 2021
Gandhi stated. To this, the state finance minister asked: “From whom do they (Congress) want to save Assam? If they want to save Assam, then, let them take a stand against the immigrant Muslims and say that we will protect Assam’s culture.”
Himanta Biswa Sarma also accused AIUDF leader Badruddin Ajmal, who is aspect of a six-party alliance in Assam, of bringing revenue from the fundamentalist organisation in the name of social service. “Not as an individual but as a symbol of certain people they are our enemy,” the Assam minister stated.