Modi begins BJP campaign in Assam today, says fight not with Gogoi
Author yuvamind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday began the Bharatiya Janata Party campaign in Assam with a jam packed schedules of four rallies. PM Modi will address the rally in Tinsukia, Majuli, Bihpuria, Bokakhat and a meeting with locals at Jorhat today.
His fight is not against Tarun Gogoi but against poverty and corruption, Modi said during addressing the rally in Tinsukia and Majuli.
“I want to see
‘Tinsukia’ as
‘Sukhiya’ in the true sense of the word,” said Modi.
Addressing the locals, Modi said “You gave 60 years to Congress for expecting good hopes. I want to acquire only 5 years from you, not anything besides it.”
The Prime Minister is also scheduled to address rallies at Rangapara and Karimganj on March 27, the release added.
BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal is contesting from Majuli assembly constituency.
Assam will vote in two phases on April 4 and 11.
The BJP is contesting in 91 of 126 assembly constituencies of the state leaving 24 seats for Asom Gana Parishad and rest for Bodo People’s Front and other smaller parties.
Earlier, releasing his party’s
‘vision document’ for the upcoming Assam Assembly polls, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stated that the BJP-led alliance will have a landslide victory and uproot the failed Congress government from the state.
Highlights Modi’s speech:
• Gogoi says his fight is with me, but my fight is not against Gogoi but poverty and destruction of Assam
• When we got independence, Assam was in the list of top 5 developed states. Now, it is in the list of the worst
•Assam will get a young CM in Sarbanand Sonowal and Assam will scale new heights of progress
•I want your blessings, to take Assam to new heights
• Congress misrule in Assam is evident from lack of potable water despite possessing huge water resources
• The day is not far when children in India will be taught A for Assam
• BJP and allies will together bail out Assam from poverty, corruption, under development
• Assam’s tea energises Indians, but not the workers who make it