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The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA governments astatine the Centre and Assam person been “cleaning up the sins of the Opposition” successful bid to fast-track development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said connected Saturday (January 17, 2026).
Without naming the Congress, Mr. Modi said that Assam had remained chopped disconnected from the mainstream for decades owed to the Opposition alone.
“They created instability successful Assam for their governmental gains and pushed the State into the occurrence of violence,” helium said, portion addressing the Bagurumba Dwhou 2026, a taste lawsuit celebrating the practice of the Bodo assemblage astatine the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex.
The Prime Minister is successful Guwahati connected a two-day visit. This was his 2nd sojourn to the State successful little than a period and the 3rd lawsuit of participating successful a wide creation lawsuit since 2023. He had earlier attended a satellite record-breaking wide Bihu creation by members of the Assamese community, followed by a Jhumoir creation by those from the Adivasi oregon “Tea Tribes” communities.
Mr Modi recalled that aft independence, Assam had faced challenges, but alternatively of uncovering solutions, the State’s rulers astatine the clip exploited those problems for governmental benefit. Criticising the Opposition party, the Prime Minister claimed that erstwhile spot was needed, they sowed division; erstwhile dialog was needed, they neglected it, and closed the doors of communication.
He highlighted that the dependable of Bodoland, the domain of the Bodo community, was ne'er decently heard. When Assam needed healing and service, they alternatively opened the doors for infiltrators and focused connected welcoming them.
‘Infiltrators turned votebank
The Prime Minister besides touched upon the contented of “illegal immigrants”, often referred to arsenic Bangladeshis, a staple of electoral battles successful Assam.
“The Opposition enactment does not see the radical of Assam its own, preferring overseas infiltrators who go its loyal ballot bank. He remarked that nether the Opposition’s rule, infiltrators kept coming, occupied lakhs of bighas of land, and were aided by governments,” helium said.
Mr. Modi lauded the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for freeing lakhs of bighas of onshore from “infiltrators” and restoring it to the rightful radical of Assam, slamming the Opposition for “deliberately” pushing the portion into difficulties.
