Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday slammed the Congress over the celebration’s ballot manifesto and alleged that it was extra applicable for elections in Pakistan than in India. He claimed that the manifesto was aimed toward dividing the society to come back to energy.
On Friday, the Congress launched its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the ballot doc centered on 5 ‘pillars of justice’ and 25 ensures beneath these. Among the guarantees made by the celebration have been a authorized assure for Minimal Help Value (MSP), a nationwide caste census and the scrapping of the Agnipath scheme.
In response, Sarma alleged that Congress’s manifesto was “politics of appeasement”.
“This is politics of appeasement and we condemn it. The manifesto feels like it is not for elections in Bharat but for Pakistan,” he informed reporters on the sidelines of an election rally in Jorhat constituency.
The Assam Chief Minister asserted that no particular person, both Hindu or Muslim, needed the revival of triple talaq or supported polygamy or youngster marriage.
“The mentality of the Congress is to divide the society and come to power,” he claimed.
Exuding confidence that the BJP would win all 14 Lok Sabha seats within the state, Sarma stated the BJP had taken the type of an ‘andolan‘ (motion) that’s to make the nation a ‘Vishwa guru‘ (world chief).
However, the Congress hit again at Sarma, asserting {that a} turncoat like him wouldn’t have the ability to perceive the secular and inclusive ethos of the grand previous celebration. Sarma joined the BJP in 2015.
“Sarma had been in the Congress for several years, but he could not understand the main ethos of the party. That is why he went to the BJP. Even after being in the BJP for some time now, he still tries to defame Congress to prove his loyalty to the saffron party,” Assam Congress spokesperson Bedabrata Bora informed information company PTI.
Bora dismissed the allegations made by Sarma and asserted that the celebration’s manifesto aimed to safeguard the pursuits of all sections of society.
Assam will vote in three phases on April 19, April 26 and Could 7. Votes might be counted on June 4.
(with inputs from PTI)