Drawing a football
analogy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday the people of Assam have shown the "red card" to the Congress-led Grand Alliance in the state.
He also accused the previous Congress governments of being a mute spectator to unbridled violence in the Bodo dominated areas of the state.
"People of Assam have given their blessings to the NDA in first phase of assembly poll. Football is a popular sport in Assam. In football parlance, the people of Assam have shown the Congress-led alliance the red card," he said addressing an election rally at Bijni in Kokrajhar.
Modi alleged the Congress governments in the state and at the Centre did nothing to check violence in Bodo areas.