Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, May 6 Minister Pijush Hazarika on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress following the party’s poor performance in the Assembly elections, alleging that the opposition outfit has turned into a “Muslim League” in the state.
Addressing reporters, Hazarika said the Congress leadership had become arrogant and disconnected from the people of Assam, which, according to him, resulted in the party’s electoral debacle.
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“Whenever a government is formed, our workers become active, but the Congress leaders became overconfident even before coming to power. They started insulting people and speaking arrogantly. Some leaders even questioned who Himanta Biswa Sarma is. The people of Assam have responded strongly to such arrogance,” Hazarika said.
The minister also targeted Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi and criticised the party’s “New Greater Assam” slogan, alleging that it created confusion among the electorate.
“They talked about building a ‘new greater Assam’. People wanted to know what that actually meant. Assam is already Assam. The public rejected this narrative and shattered the dreams of the Congress,” he claimed.
Hazarika further alleged that the Congress was surviving politically only because of minority votes.
Referring to constituency-level voting patterns, he claimed that even Hindu candidates of the Congress won primarily due to Muslim support.
“If you analyse the booths carefully, you will see that Congress candidates got overwhelming support from Muslim voters. Without those votes, Congress would not exist in Assam today,” he said.
In a controversial remark, the minister said the Congress has effectively become a “Muslim League” in Assam.
“Even senior leaders have admitted this reality. Congress has now become a Muslim League in the state,” Hazarika alleged.
The BJP leader asserted that the electorate had decisively rejected what he described as the Congress party’s “divisive politics” and reaffirmed faith in the leadership of chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The ruling BJP-led NDA secured a sweeping victory in the recently concluded Assam Assembly elections, returning to power for a third consecutive term.
