Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday accused the Congress of committing five major sins against the people of Assam since independence.
Addressing two election rallies at Bokakhat and Naduar, Chouhan alleged that in 1947, during partition, the Congress was in “favour of handing over Assam to Pakistan”, but it was the State’s first Chief Minister, Gopinath Bordoloi, who struggled hard to ensure that it remained a part of India.
The second sin committed by Congress was during the India-China war of 1962, when then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru “bade farewell to the State and left it to its fate”, he said.
The Congress’s third sin was “allowing infiltrators to settle in the State and giving them protection”, which led to pressure on its resources and employment opportunities, but the BJP is committed to freeing all land from the clutches of infiltrators, the Union Minister said.