Guwahati, 03 March 2023: Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam Pradesh, found the comment passed by Congress’s National President Mallikarjun Kharge about the Northeast last Thursday very shameful. In a press meet in the BJP main office situated at Basistha, the spokespersons, Rupam Goswami and Kalyan Gogoi of Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam Pradesh, stated that the Congress looks at the Northeast through the eyes of a step-mother from the past. According to Rupam Goswami, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru did not hesitate to hand over Assam to China in 1962.
Through Twitter, his grandson, Rahul Gandhi expressed that India is a zone extending from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Gujarat to West Bengal. Repeating the same, the comment passed by the Congress leader is a matter of sadness for the Northeast. That is why, alongwith Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress President Bhupen Borah should apologise to Assam and Northeast. Northeast and its people were deprived from development since a long time because of the oldest party of the country. In comparison to the Congress leaders’ ignorance towards the Northeast, Bharatiya Janata Party has given utmost importance to the Northeast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attributed Northeast as “Asthalakshmi”. His strong leadership has taken Northeast along with the other states towards vigorous development. On the other hand, spokesperson Kalyan Gogoi has said that the Congress leader’s words have proved to be a shock. According to Gogoi, due to the defeat of Congress in the assembly elections of Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya, the Congress leaders have started giving delirious opinion. However, spokesperson Kalyan Gogoi stated in the press meet that he did not expect the Congress leader to pass such a comment.
