Will be no Hindu in Assam Cong by 2026: Himanta
In a run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, and predicted that there would be no Hindu in the Congress party in Assam by 2026.
Asserting that more and more Congress leaders would join the BJP, Mr Sarma said, “By 2026, there will be no Hindu in the Assam Congress and almost all the Muslims will leave the Congress by 2032. We will open a branch at Rajiv Bhawan as Mahanagar BJP.”
The CM said, “A meeting of the Prabharis of 126 Assembly constituencies was held at the state BJP headquarters in Guwahati. Three Congress members joined the BJP on Saturday. Others will join on Sunday.”
Known for his antiMuslim remarks in past, Mr Sarma also spoke about the welfare of Muslim society in the state. “I am trying to work to reform their society. Many Muslim youths are supporting me, as you can see on Facebook, and they all welcome this. No one opposes it,” he said, while claiming that the BJP will win the Jorhat seat that has come into focus after the Congress fielded its firebrand leader Gaurav Gogoi against the sitting BJP MP Tapan Kumar Gogoi. “A section is trying to create an atmosphere against us, but the ground reality is different,” he added.
Mr Sarma who is leaving no stone unturned to maintain the hype said, “The BJP will take the lead in 105 out of 126 Assembly constituencies in the state. I am very confident that people will vote for us for the development work done by the government.”
Meanwhile, Three Congress leaders of Assam, including a state committee general secretary, resigned from the party on Saturday and joined the ruling BJP.
Two of them were known as close associates of Mr Gogoi, who is the deputy leader of Opposition in the outgoing Lok Sabha.