HT Correspondent
MARGHERITA, March 30: United Opposition Forum Assam (UOFA) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency, Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Saturday campaigned at various places in Margheria.
Lurinjyoti Gogoi was accompanied by Sanjay Kumar Deb, secretary of the Assam Jatiya Parishad’s central committee, president of Jatiya Chah Shakti’s central committee Suresh Bhowmij, president of Jatiya Chah Shakti’s Tinsukia district committee Juwel Topno, president of Margherita block Congress committee Tara Prasad Dehingia, president of Margherita Youth Congress Avishek Beldar, Asom Jatiyo Parishad leader Anita Das Mahanta, Bupai Das and many other leaders and workers of UOFA.
Addressing a public meeting in Margherita, Lurinjyoti Gogoi said, “BJP is a party, which depends on large donations. They collect huge amounts of donations through electoral bonds and have collected more than Rs 84,000 crore in the past five years.”
Gogoi said that earlier Union minister and BJP candidate from Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency, Sarbananda Sonowal was known as Jatiyo Nayak. However, he is now regarded as Jatiyo Khalnayal of the state and the greater Assamese society as during his tenure as the state’s chief minister, five youths were killed mercilessly during the CAA agitation.
“The three golden words of the BJP were ‘Jati, Mati and Bheti’ when they had come to power. However, at present nothing is safe; even our very Constitution is in danger,” he said.
The UOFA candidate also appealed to the public to cast their valuable votes in a responsible manner as lakhs of people from neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan will take shelter in the state in the near future after the central government notified the CAA.