Kaliabor (Assam): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday alleged the Congress did nothing for Assam’s development during its 15-year rule in the state.
Addressing an election rally here, he alleged the Congress handed over the world-famous Kaziranga National Park to infiltrators who encroached on forest land and endangered the one-horned rhinoceros.
“It was the NDA government that evicted the encroachers and ensured Kaziranga was once again on the world tourism map,” he said.
Shah targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a visit to the poll-bound northeastern state on Thursday, saying, “What did the Congress do for the state during its rule?
“Prime Minister Manmohan Singh represented Assam, but neither the then Central government nor the state government did anything for its development,” he alleged.
When infiltrators are removed from encroached land, the Congress tries to portray it as faith-based politics, the Union minister alleged.
“I want to make it clear that the BJP is against infiltrators and is not opposed to indigenous Muslims in Assam”.
On a two-day visit to the state, Shah campaigned for the BJP’s alliance partner Asom Gana Parishad’s (AGP) candidate and Minister Keshab Mahanta in Kaliabor. He will address three rallies on Friday.
Elections to Assam’s 126 assembly constituencies will be held on April 9, and counting will be held on May 4.
