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Sonia
attacks BJP over Bangladeshi infiltration issue
Friday April 08, 2011 06:20:22 PM,
IANS
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Guwahati: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi Friday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), saying the party that is now raising the bogey of
Bangladeshi infiltration in Assam did nothing to check the influx
during its regime.
"The BJP was in power at the centre and during their regime they
did literally nothing to check infiltration from Bangladesh and
now during the elections here, the same party is shouting from
rooftops about the danger from Bangladeshis," Gandhi told an
election rally in Guwahati, Assam's major city.
"It is the Congress government both in Assam and at the centre
that is taking steps to check influx."
Gandhi addressed another election rally in the western town of
Dhubri and urged the people of Assam to give the Congress a third
chance to rule the state.
"The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the BJP have been carrying out a
slanderous campaign in Assam, but let me tell you they did nothing
for the people of Assam and only made false promises," Gandhi said
in Dhubri.
"What did the BJP-led government at the centre do in Assam and
during that time the AGP was in power in the state. I challenge
both the AGP and the BJP to clarify what they did for Assam during
their regime."
Gandhi's fiery speech was hailed with thunderous applause in both
the rallies.
"I am appealing for votes on the basis of the good governance and
overall development in Assam during the last 10 years of Congress
government," the Congress president said.
"And I am more than confident that the Congress would make a
political hat-trick in Assam."
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