Addressing an impressive public gathering in eastern Assam's Sivasagar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that the three new central farm laws will enable corporates and affluent people grab agribusiness worth Rs 80 lakh crore in India.
Rahul said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi said nothing about the farmers' interests in the Parliament despite the fact that they have been agitating for nearly three months now.
"The BJP-led central government has already ruined the Indian economy and the people across the country by introducing Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetization, and now it is trying to further dent the rural economy by these three laws," he said.
Launching the party's campaign for the 2021 Assembly elections in Assam, the Congress leader said that India should not be "remote-controlled" from Nagpur. "Every asset of the country is being sold for the interest of very few people," he alleged.
The congress leder claimed that only Rs 167 was given to tea garden workers (as wages) but the entire tea garden was being handed over to Gujarat businessmen. "If the Congress returns to power, we will give Rs 365 as daily wages to tea garden workers." He also promised that the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act would not be implemented in Assam or any part of the country at any cost.
Suggesting resolving the infiltration problem amicably and through dialogue, Gandhi said that if violence engulfed Assam, it would affect the entire country.
"Assam is a beautiful flower of India. For India, Assam's unity and development are necessary, and for Assam, India's growth is essential. The Congress brought the Assam Accord and established peace. The Congress will at any cost protect the historic Assam Accord."
Gandhi along with all the senior leaders on the dais wore a 'gamocha' (Assamese scarf) on which symbolically the word CAA was crossed out. He said: "Listen 'hum do humare do', we will never allow CAA to be implemented and so I am wearing this scarf which has crossed out the CAA written on it."
The Congress leader sensing the opposition of CAA and the faulty NRC by the people of Assam tried to evoke the right chord in the state.
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