PM Modi said on Wednesday that the India-Bangladesh border would be sealed to prevent infiltration, accusing the Congress of siding with forces that support infiltrators.
The Prime Minister told an election rally in Bihpuria, Lakhimpur district, eastern Assam, that the India-Bangladesh boundaries with western Assam’s Dhubri have been sealed, and that work is underway to seal the remaining patches of the international borders with Bangladesh.
West Bengal (2,216 km), Tripura (856 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Mizoram (318 km), and Assam (263 km) share a 4,096-kilometer border with Bangladesh.
Without naming the Congress’ election ally, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Modi said that the Congress is willing to join forces with any force to defend its voting bank, and that in Assam, it formed an alliance with a party that supports infiltrators.
“Congress lacks leaders, policies, and ideologies. In Assam and West Bengal, the party formed an alliance with the Left parties, but it is battling them in Kerala “According to the Prime Minister.
Modi also claimed that when the Congress was in power in Assam, it did nothing for the thousands of tea garden workers.
“The BJP government has doubled the daily wage of tea garden employees to more than Rs 200 in five years. A Rs 1,000 crore package was declared in this year’s Budget for the welfare of lakhs of tea garden workers “According to the Prime Minister.
On Tuesday, BJP President J.P. Nadda launched the party’s manifesto, which focuses on flood management, the protection and growth of Assamese culture, the empowerment of youth and women, the correction of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and countering infiltration.
Modi claimed that despite being in power in Assam for 15 years (2001-2016), the Congress did nothing to defend and promote Assamese traditions and culture, instead siding with poachers engaged in the state’s infamous one-horn rhino poaching. In 70 years, 13,000 km rural roads were constructed in Assam, but the BJP government built 15,000 km of rural roads in the state in just five years. Efforts are also on to market Assam’s crops outside the state, including organic crops,” the Prime Minister said.
Accompanied by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the Prime Minister’s rally in Bihpuria was his fourth public meeting in six days in the poll-bound state.
Later on Wednesday, Modi is scheduled to address another rally in the Sipajhar Darrang district.
The Prime Minister would visit the BJP-ruled state three more times till April 3 to address several election rallies.
The 126-member Assam Assembly will go the polls in three phases on March 27 (47 seats), April 1 (39 seats) and April 6 (40 seats). The results will be declared on May 2.