For decades, violence remained a recurring theme in the socio-political discourse of Assam. Different ethnic groups tried to assert their identity often
Uniindia: Guwahati, Oct 8 ( UNI) Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that he along with other ABVP members were beaten up during his visit to Assam as a leader of the student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during his initial years in politics.
Guwahati, Oct. 8 (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that Assam and the Northeastern region marched ahead on the path of peace and development during the eight years of BJP rule under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Seventy years of Congress rule since Independence had pushed the Northeast region to violence and anarchy while during the last eight years, Modi’s leadership helped the region join with the mainstream, Shah claimed after inaugurating the party’s newly constructed state office in the Assam capital. ”During the Congress regime, there was no peace, development, or growth and even the culture of the region suffered. But, between 2014 and 2022, it is our good fortune that the Prime Minister has taken the region to greater heights of development. Modiji is like a great banyan tree under whose shade, the region is on its path of fulfilling the development goals set by him”, he said. The Union minister claimed that as a student activist