Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre over the issue of Manipur violence and said that the saffron party doesn't want to control the violence in the northeastern state. He said that Manipur has been burning for several months, but our prime minister hasn't gone there till date. "Had it been a Congress PM, he would have gone there in three days, and the fire there would have been doused on the fourth day," he added.
Addressing a rally as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam's Nagaon district, the Wayanad MP claimed that even PM Narendra Modi can control the violence in the northeastern state within three days with the help of the Army, but the BJP doesn't want to do it.
"Manipur has been burning for several months, but our prime minister hasn't gone there till date. Had it been a Congress PM, he would have gone there in three days, and the fire there would have been doused on the fourth day," Gandhi said, as quoted by news agency PTI.
"If the prime minister gives an order to the Army, in three days they can stop it. But the BJP doesn't want to douse the fire. That's why the PM doesn't go there and order the Army to stop the 'tamasha'," the Congress leader claimed.
The Congress leader slammed the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led BJP government in Assam and said that it has been threatening people and trying to suppress their voice, but they have shown huge support to the Congress during the Nyay Yatra. "A handful of people are moving around with BJP flags, but the public is with us," he said, as quoted by PTI. "Leaders come and go, but those with hearts filled with arrogance and hatred vanish soon," he further stated.
Rahul Gandhi also took a swipe at the Assam Chief Minister and began his speech by questioning the crowd, "Who is the most corrupt chief minister in Hindustan?" He said that he asks the same question wherever he goes and gets the same reply, as reported by PTI. The Congress leader, however, did not repeat the name shouted back to him by the crowd.
Rahul Gandhi-led 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' resumed the second leg of its Assam journey on Sunday after a night halt in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh. It re-entered Assam through Rajgarh in Biswanath district and is proceeding towards Nagaon district in the central part of the state.
The march, being carried out on foot and bus, had conducted its first leg of Assam journey from Thursday to Saturday afternoon.