GUWAHATI: Even as BJP has gone silent on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Assam, which the opposition says is possibly to avoid the wrath of the indigenous communities, Congress on Tuesday announced that the party will build a memorial to commemorate the martyrdom of anti-CAA protesters who sacrificed their lives to save ‘Assamese pride’.
The movement against the CAA lost its vigourisity in Assam with the imposition of the nationwide lockdown due to outbreak of the pandemic. But with Rahul Gandhi affirming that the CAA is a big issue in the coming assembly election, Congress said anti-CAA sentiments have been stirred up again. The statement from the state Congress leadership came just two days after RaGa firmly stated that Congress will respect the Assam Accord and will not implement the “botched-up CAA” if sworn to power.
Former AAP general secretary Bandip Dutta joins Congress in presence of APCC chief Ripun Bora and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi in Guwahati on Wednesday
GUWAHATI: The opposition Congress on Wednesday announced that it will launch ‘Axom Basaon Ahok’ (Let’s Save Assam) bus yatras campaign, from Bordowa Satra, the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardev, which will criss-cross the state for two weeks to connect with the masses, meeting voters and discussing their grievances and to create awareness against the ruling BJP’s “divisive” policies for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
Putting Congress party s Assembly elections campaign into top gear, a day after the Congress launching a video contest on social media called “Assam Bachao (Save Assam)”, the grand old party announced the “Axom Basaon Ahok” campaign, which will kickstart from Friday, in the presence of PCC leader Ripun Bora, Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi, senior Congress leaders Debabrata Saikia, Sushmita