HT Bureau
GUWAHATI/NAGAON Jan 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday continued his attack on the Congress party and said that the people of India have rejected the opposition party and its politics.
Modi said this after performing the Bhoomi Pujan for the long-awaited Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project at Kaliabor and flagging off two new trains, marking a major push towards environmentally sensitive infrastructure development and improved connectivity in Assam.
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Modi said, “Congress has been uprooted from Maharashtra in the recent municipal elections, the opposition party has suffered a huge defeat. The Congress once ruled the western state for a long time; however, the voters have rejected their politics because Congress has no developmental agenda for the people of this country.”
The Prime Minister argued that the trust of the people on the BJP had multiplied in the last one and half years.
“Despite ruling Bihar for 30 years, the voters have once again trusted the BJP with a huge mandate in the recently concluded state elections there. In Kerala, the BJP has done well in the local body polls and now Thiruvantapuram has a mayor from the BJP. This shows people’s amplified trust on the governance model of the BJP,” he said.
Modi argued that the people want good governance and the BJP has been offering it to the citizens.
He said, “The governance model of the BJP works for development along with keeping our age-old traditions intact. We have shown that the economy and ecology can move simultaneously. The ambitious plan of building an elevated corridor by spending around Rs. 6,000 crores will not only protect the wildlife animals but also it will also have a positive impact on the local economy.”
Attacking Congress on rhino poaching, the Prime Minister said, “One horned rhinos are the greatest wealth of the country; however, during the rule of Congress in the state, we have witnessed a spike in the cases of rhino poaching. The BJP government when came to power, pledged to stop poaching of one horned rhinos and we have been immensely successful in this. In 2025, Assam recorded zero rhino poaching.”
Modi also took a jibe at the Congress party on the infiltration issue and said, “Congress backed the infiltrators to capture land of the indigenous people of Assam but the double engine government of the BJP is working tirelessly to make the state free from infiltrators.”
The Prime Minister stated that the people of Bihar have rejected the politics of the Congress party in the last assembly and the opposition party suffered a huge defeat in the eastern state.
“I am sure that Congress will taste Bihar-like results in the upcoming assembly elections in Assam as well,” he said.
At the same programme, the Prime Minister also flagged off two new Amrit Bharat Express trains, further strengthening rail links between the Northeast and northern India.
The Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project, with an estimated cost of over ₹6,950 crore, involves the four-laning of the Kaliabor–Numaligarh stretch of National Highway-715 across a total length of 86 kilometres.
A key component of the project is a 35-km elevated wildlife corridor passing through Kaziranga National Park, designed to ensure the free movement of animals and significantly reduce human-wildlife conflict along the busy highway.
In addition to the elevated corridor, the project includes a 21-km bypass and the widening of around 30 km of the existing two-lane highway into four lanes.
Passing through Nagaon, Karbi Anglong and Golaghat districts, the upgraded corridor is expected to substantially improve road connectivity to Upper Assam, including major commercial and industrial centres such as Dibrugarh and Tinsukia.
During the event, Modi also flagged off the Guwahati (Kamakhya)–Rohtak Amrit Bharat Express and the Dibrugarh–Lucknow (Gomti Nagar) Amrit Bharat Express.
Besides, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Pabitra Margherita, Assam ministers Chandra Mohan Patowary, Atul Bora, Krishnendu Paul and Keshab Mahanta, MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, BJP state president and MP Dilip Saikia, along with other party leaders and dignitaries, were present at the programme.
