HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, April 11: Union home minister Amit Shah has asserted that the BJP will once again form the government in 2024 and Narendra Modi will become Prime Minister for a third consecutive term.
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“In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP will win 12 out of 14 seats in Assam and with over 300 seats Modi ji will become prime minister for the third time,” Shah said while addressing a public rally here on Tuesday.
The Union minister also launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi over his speech in London saying that the Congress leader insulted India abroad which no patriot would ever do.
He further said that if Gandhi continues like this, not only from the Northeast but Congress will be wiped out from the entire country. Taking a dig at the opposition, Amit Shah said that the more the opposition badmouth PM Modi, the more BJP will grow.
“There is no point in abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as every Indian is praying for his good health. The more they (Congress) badmouth our PM, the more lotus (BJP’s election symbol) will bloom,” he said in the ‘…kabr kudegi’ remark.
The Union home minister also slammed the Congress saying that once the Northeast was the fortress of the Congress but it failed to perform in the recently concluded polls in the three northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland despite Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The Union home minister also said that the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act has been removed by 70 percent areas of Assam and added that issues like insurgency and agitations have become a thing of the past in the state. He said that it was because of Prime Minister Modi that the once trouble-torn Northeast saw an end in extremism and experienced all round development.
“AFSPA has been removed from 70 percent areas of Assam. Bodoland and Karbi Anglong have become peaceful. Border disputes with other states are being resolved. Earlier, Assam was known for agitation and insurgency but now there is peace and people are dancing to the beats of Bihu music,” Shah said.
“Earlier, Assam was known for ‘andolan’ (agitation) and ‘aatankwad’ (terrorism) but now there is peace and people are dancing to the beats of Bihu music,” Shah said, while referring to a mega event which will be held in Guwahati on April 14 in which over 11,000 dancers will perform in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Shah said that under the BJP rule in Assam, over 41,000 have been given employment, 25,000 hectares of land have been earmarked for Bajra Mission, two lakh hectares for palm oil production and 12 lakh families have been provided with handlooms.
He said the BJP government in Assam has already established 12 medical colleges and 12 more are in the pipeline, while Modi will inaugurate AIIMS in the state on the occasion of Rongali Bihu.
The Union home minister also virtually laid the foundation of a regional office of the BJP in Dibrugarh from the meeting venue.
“The double-engineered government of the BJP under the leadership of PM Modi at the Centre, and Sarbananda Sonowal and later Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam have led to a path-breaking development, peace and security in the state,” Shah said.
Shah later left the state for New Delhi aboard a flight from Dibrugarh airport.
