HT Correspondent
MARGHERITA, March 19: After the Lok Sabha election was declared by the Election Commission of India to be held on April 19 for the first phase, all political parties have started their campaigning. On Tuesday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) North East in-charge Rajesh Sharma visited Ledo Tea Estate, which falls under the 83rd Margherita constituency of Tinsukia district, to campaign for Manoj Dhanowar.
Rajesh Sharma said that for the past 10 years of BJP-led government, the workers of tea gardens of Assam have been living in middle-aged conditions due to their innocence, where the earlier Congress government and now the present BJP-led government have exploited, cheated, and deprived them in every sphere.
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The poor condition of roads, the failure of the Jal Jeevan Mission, no health center, no drainage system, and overall neglect of tea garden people, who have not received their land pattas as promised when BJP came to power, were highlighted by Rajesh Sharma.
The wages of tea garden workers are very low compared to other states, where Assam tea garden workers receive Rs 251, which is very low in the present day, said Rajesh Sharma.
This time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded a non-tea tribe candidate for the 13th Dibrugarh Lok Sabha HPC, which symbolises discrimination towards tea tribes/Adivasi community people living in the 13th Dibrugarh Lok Sabha HPC. I hope tea garden voters shall give a befitting reply to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this Lok Sabha election, said Rajesh Sharma.
