Bhupen Goswami 

 GUWAHATI : Today, on the 21st day of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra- Assam’, a rally was taken out from Lakhinagar Chariali in Barhampur constituency in Nagaon district. APCC president Bhupen Kumar Bora was accompanied in the Padyatra by Congress Legislature Party deputy leader Rakibul Hussain, Nagaon MP Pradyut Bordoloi, Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi, AICC Secretary Prithviraj Prabhakar Sathe, Titabar MLA Bhaskar Baruah, Rupahihat MLA Nurul Hooda, party General Secretary Ramanna Baruah, Nagaon Sadar constituency leader Santanu Sarma, Nagaon district Congress Committee President Suresh Bora and the general public. More than 4,000 people participated in the Padyatra from Lakhinagar Chariali to Panigaon Dimoruguri, a distance of more than 10 kilometres. It is worth mentioning that the Bharat Jodo Yatra– Assam, which started at Golakganj of Dhubri on November 1, has now covered more than 300 kilometres till today.

APCC President Bhupen Kumar Bora addressed a public meeting after the Padayatra, where he said that during the last 21 days of the Padyatra, the Congress leadership has heard and come to know a lot from the people in different districts. With the people’s blessings, advice and inspiration as their power, Shri Bora said the party is committed to reach Sadiya on December 15. He said that in the present situation, the threat to the Indian Constitution and danger to the democratic principles can be overcome with the advice and response from the people and the party has achieved much towards that end. Shri Bora also said that in the future, the divisive forces and communal politics in the state can be overthrown and an atmosphere of peace and development can be brought about with the complete support and cooperation of the people and he appealed to the people to provide the Congress party as much.

He said, “There must be an end to the misrule. The lying government has to be overthrown in the interest of the people”. In the meeting, AICC secretary Prithviraj Prabhakar Sathe appealed to the people to stand united against the BJP’s misrule. Similarly, MP Pradyut Bordoloi and MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the BJP is ruling Assam on the basis of false promises and lies. The expert in false promises, Himanta Biswa Sarma and his government has failed to fulfill the promises made to the people. There is anarchy everywhere in the state. To get relief from the situation, there is no alternative but to kick out the BJP government, they said.