Assam: Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi arrive in Guwahati for party's PAC meet; Gogoi says Congress will fight for justice for people

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi arrived in Guwahati on Wednesday morning to attend the party's Political Affairs Committee meeting.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 16 (HBTV): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi arrived in Guwahati on Wednesday morning to attend the party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting.

They were welcomed at Guwahati airport by Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi. Both leaders are also scheduled to attend meetings with Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) office bearers, MPs, MLAs, and Congress workers.

Speaking to ANI, Gogoi asserted that the Congress in Assam would fight for justice and the rights of people facing what he described as a ‘regime of fear and terror’ under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

‘The message is very clear that the Congress party in Assam will fight for the justice of all the people of Assam who are living under a regime of fear and terror. We will fight for the dignity of all people who are currently facing persecution by this corrupt and cruel BJP government. Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will send a message that there is no need to fear,’ Gogoi said.

He also accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s government of grabbing land from the poor and distributing it to outside industrialists without public consultation.

‘The CM and his colleagues are grabbing the land of the poor people. The CM of Assam is acting like a real estate broker and has donated close to 17,000 acres of land to outside industrialists without taking the local people into confidence. They are displacing the tribals, minorities, and the Congress party will fight for the self-respect, dignity and land rights of people of Assam,’ Gogoi added.

Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Minister Sarma stated that a total of 1,19,548 bighas of land had been freed from encroachers during the state’s ongoing eviction drive. He said, ‘After we formed the government, so far 84,743 bighas of land in forest and national park areas have been freed from encroachers. A total of 1,19,548 bighas of land have been freed from encroachers.’

He also accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of attempting to portray his government’s strict stance on illegal Bangladeshi infiltration as anti-Bengali, calling it a ‘desperate ploy’ to protect infiltrators from the neighbouring country.

(ANI)