Congress claimed its posters to welcome the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ led by its leader Rahul Gandhi were damaged by saffron party in Assam’s North Lakhimpur town.
The Congress’ state unit shared a purported video on X.
In the video, some miscreants can be seen tearing down the posters with Congress leaders’ photos in North Lakhimpur at night.
Congress said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s regime has become restless after seeing the support for the yatra.
“@RahulGandhi Ji’s #BharatJodoNyayYatra drawing thousands of cheering people in Assam has made the @himantabiswa regime restless. While CM is trying to detail the yatra by even threatening of arrests, his followers are tearing off posters & banners of the yatra.. Once again #DaroMatHimanta.. Bhoy Nokoriba,” the party said in a post on X.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) leader Bharat Narah has claimed that the posters and hoardings within the North Lakhimpur town area were damaged on Friday night.
“Never in the political history of Assam had we witnessed rival political parties damaging banners and posters of the other parties,” news agency PTI quoted Narah as saying.
Narah also alleged the BJP-led state government has been creating hurdles for the yatra in a bid to prevent people from participating in it. “We have reports that batteries of boats were removed. Fuel depots have run dry to ensure that people cannot come with their vehicles,” he said.
“But we want to tell them that nothing can prevent the success of the Yatra,” the Congress leader asserted.
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the second version of Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by party leader Rahul Gandhi, is on its third day’s journey in Assam and will pass through several parts of Lakhimpur district, including the headquarters town North Lakhimpur, before entering Arunachal Pradesh later today.
The grand old party also levelled corruption charges against Sarma and dubbed him as “the most corrupt Chief Minister of the country”. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had said Sarma can give guidance to other chief ministers of the BJP on how to carry out corruption in their respective states.
Courtesy : Outlook India
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