Assam Assembly Elections 2021 LIVE Updates: Addressing the Congress-AIUDF alliance in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that Congress is receiving help from a group promoting infiltration in the state. “Such an alliance can only guarantee infiltration and corruption,” he said.
Assembly Election 2021 LATEST updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who addressed a demonstration in Bihpuria, said that the Congress was part of a ‘Mahajhoot’ (big lie) than a ‘Mahajot’ (great alliance) in Assam, adding that the big party can support anyone and even betray anyone for election gains
Targeting the CPM on the Sabarimala issue, Shah said the BJP believes that the government should not interfere in the affairs of the temples and leave them in the hands of the devotees.
Claiming that the Center’s ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme has not been successful, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said: “I keep what I promise, but Modi doesn’t keep his promises.” He cited the implementation of state government projects such as Kanyashree, Sabuj Sathi and Swasthya Sathi to back up his claims.
In a public meeting in Kanjirappally, Kerala, the union’s interior minister alleged that the LDF and UDF governments have turned the state into a center of corruption.
Amit Shah hit the LDF government in Kerala and asked Pinarayi Vijayan: ‘Did the main defendant in the gold scam work in your office or not? Did your office pay you a salary of 3 lakh a month or not?
Shah targeted Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the gold smuggling case, and asked him to explain whether his former chief secretary, M Sivasankar, was involved in the scam.
Mocking Mamata Banerjee, the prime minister said: “Everyone has understood what Didi is doing. She just makes empty promises before the election and is not seen after. ‘
Taking a look at the supreme TMC, the prime minister said: ‘Didi, even the Bengal children have understood your game. On May 2, Bengal will show you the door.
The prime minister will then address two rallies in Assam’s Bihpuria and Sipajhar at 3 pm and 5:15 pm respectively.
According to the official BJP Twitter account, the prime minister will first address a rally in Bihpuria at 3 pm and then in Sipajhar at 5:15 pm.
Interior Minister Amit Shah said Tuesday that the congressional alliance with AIUDF will be a factor in the victory of the BJP-led alliance in the Assam Assembly elections as voters will back the saffron party in a way decisive because its main rival cannot stop the influx of illegal immigrants. joining Badruddin Ajmal, accused by the ruling bloc of protecting infiltrators.
In an interview for PTI, the senior BJP leader also predicted a resounding victory for his party in West Bengal, stating that the people yearn for a change from the “misrule” of the Trinamool Congress and will accept Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for the development of the state.
“We will win more than 200 seats in Bengal and improve our account in Assam,” he said.
When asked about the reason for his confidence about the BJP’s great victory in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly elections, Shah said that the party has only strengthened its position since the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, while TMC’s base of support has eroded with a large number of votes. their leaders leave the organization. Most of them have joined the BJP.
“We won 18 seats in the Lok Sabha out of a total of 42 in 2019 and lost three by small margins. That was also when people had doubts about our victory. Now they are confident that we can win. People yearn for change and they are with us. ,” he said.
Trinamool Congress Chief and Supreme Minister Mamata Banerjee may not want to see Modi and it is her choice, but the people of West Bengal have shown their affection for him by going out in large numbers to see him, she said, referring to the large turnout in the prime minister’s rallies.
When asked about Mamata’s accusation of religious polarization against the BJP, Shah said that if raising people’s issues amounts to religious polarization, then this is a “new definition” that he has heard.
When your government obstructed the Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja processions, wasn’t it polarization? He asked.
“We are making a positive statement that everyone should observe their festivals. We have no objection if someone is observing Ramzan or Christmas. But no restrictions can be placed on Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja,” he said.
When asked about some incidents of the party workers showing discontent over the choice of candidates, he said that the BJP will win them over and stated that this will have no impact on their electoral prospects.
The BJP is a disciplined and cadre party, he said, and stated that the people are behind the party.
The saffron party has been waging a vigorous campaign in the state, seeking to end Mamata’s 10-year rule, accusing her of running a dispensation tinged with corruption and crime.
In Assam polls, Shah said his alliance with AIUDF president Ajmal will be a reason for the downfall of Congress.
Congress has allied itself with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), which draws its support mainly from Bengali-speaking Muslims and is accused by the BJP of protecting infiltrators, to consolidate votes against the BJP.
Attacking Congressional leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, he said they will be left with nothing in either West Bengal or Assam and wondered what kind of “secular” party it is as it allies with the Muslim League of the Indian Union. (IUML) in Kerala, Ajmal in Assam and Furfura’s cleric Sharif Abbas Siddiqui in West Bengal.
When asked about Rahul Gandhi’s claim that Congress will block the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Assam, Shah responded by saying that it should also clarify whether or not it will implement the National Register of Citizens.
“Rahul Gandhi should say what his policy is on the NRC,” he said.
The BJP has stated that it will implement a reworked NRC in Assam to ensure that “genuine” indigenous people are included and illegal infiltrators are identified, a sensitive issue in the state.
Asked about the BJP’s announcement that it will implement the CAA in West Bengal, but the party did not raise the issue in Assam, he noted that the TMC government has spoken out against it, prompting his party to affirm its support. to the Law in that sense. Express.
“The CAA is a law for the country,” he said.
The BJP-led NDA government in the state has worked to get rid of infiltration and terrorism and will now work to solve its regular flood crisis, he said, expressing confidence that the alliance will improve its account.
The alliance had won 86 seats in the 126-member assembly in 2016.
“The alliance of Congress with the AIUDF and the development work carried out by us will be the reasons for our victory,” said Shah.
Stating that the BJP dispensation has established peace in Assam, paving the way for development, he noted that more than 5,000 people had died from the violence in the Bodo region, but the Bodoland accord introduced by the Modi government marked the beginning of peace.
More than 2,000 militants have surrendered and joined the mainstream, the interior minister said, also citing the road network, bridges built over the Brahmputra river and the establishment of central institutions as government achievements.
To a question about how Congress courted the tea garden workers who are in large numbers in Assam and West Bengal, he said it is one thing to join them for a “photo shoot”, an excavation at Priyanka Gandhi, and another for appreciate your concerns. and working to address them, which the state government has done.
In addition to increasing their salaries, the government opened more than 7.5 lakhs of bank accounts to have their earnings transferred directly to them, and the Center has allocated Rs 1 billion in the budget for their welfare, Shah said.
He also expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance will win the polls in Tamil Nadu. The BJP has linked up with the ruling AIADMK in the state. The saffron party will also improve its performance in Kerala, a state where the CPM-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF are seen as main rivals.
Assembly elections will be held in four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry between March 27 and April 29. The vote count is scheduled for May 2.
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