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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that the "Congress ecosystem" is against the State's development, and the absorption enactment wants the younker to instrumentality to militancy.
Mr. Sarma made the comments portion responding to Karnataka Information Technology Minister Priyank Kharge's purported connection that investments meant for the confederate State were being diverted towards Gujarat and Assam, aft being "arm-twisted" by the Centre.
The CM said connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025), "I deliberation Priyank Kharge, (State Congress president), Gaurav Gogoi and the full Congress ecosystem bash not privation Assam's development. There is nary proviso successful the Constitution that industries volition spell lone to Karnataka. Do they request that it's their birthright to person each industries there?"
"If so, past tomorrow, Assamese radical volition accidental that they won't beryllium with India. When our youths spell to Karnataka, they request that their section youths should get the jobs. Then wherever volition our boys go?" asked the CM.
He stressed that Mr. Kharge and Mr. Gogoi's comments successful enactment of the Karnataka Minister are "extreme disrespect" to the Northeastern State.
"Priyank Kharge has demoralised the youths of Assam. As a result, the youths of Assam volition articulation ULFA and spell to jungles. They bash not privation bid successful Assam. Today, we are bringing backmost youths of Assam from militancy, but the Congress wants to propulsion the youths towards insurgency," Mr. Sarma alleged.
The Chief Minister alleged that the Congress, each along, has been against the involvement of Assam.
"They bash not privation immoderate manufacture to travel up successful Assam. This is simply a blatant effort by Priyank Kharge against the nationalist involvement of our country," Mr. Sarma claimed.
The Karnataka IT manufacture is being tally by younker from different States, helium claimed.
The CM stressed that it is the work of immoderate authorities to acceptable up industries successful economically backward states, and the Congress should beryllium blessed and convey the Tatas for establishing a semiconductor portion successful Assam.
"They volition spot successful six months however Assamese youths volition tally the semiconductor unit. I americium trying to denote 1 much specified manufacture successful Assam earlier the assembly elections adjacent year. They volition beryllium unhappy successful that lawsuit too," helium added.
Mr. Sarma stressed that helium does not dislike Karnataka, but said that Karnataka has problems aplenty, and industries should travel up successful Nagaland and Manipur truthful that the youths of the Northeast tin besides unrecorded with dignity.
When pointed retired that Mr. Kharge had termed Mr. Sarma arsenic "desperate" and "third people crook", Mr. Sarma said, "I americium a hopeless feline and privation to spot Assam arsenic a developed State. States successful the confederate and occidental portion of India are developed. Can't a CM of a northeastern authorities imagination of the improvement of his ain State?"
"Is it desperation? That is wherefore his connection shows that helium is simply a first-class idiot. He doesn't recognize India and the worth of northeastern states," helium added.
Mr. Sarma besides claimed that getting 1 manufacture successful 75 years is not astatine each a privilege for Assam.
"The radical of Assam should recognize what we person done. One semiconductor manufacture has created worries successful a authorities similar Karnataka. However, I americium lone criticised successful Assam. Priyank Kharge has explained it to each radical successful Assam astir our work," helium added.
Both leaders from the 2 states person been engaged successful a verbal duel since Sunday with the Karnataka Information Technology Minister Priyank Kharge, the lad of the Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge, implicit mounting up of large tech-driven industries similar a semiconductor portion successful Assam.
Mr. Sarma connected Monday called Priyank arsenic a "first-class idiot" and said the Assam authorities was considering registering a lawsuit against the Karnataka curate for allegedly stating that determination is nary endowment successful the northeastern authorities for mounting up large industries similar a semiconductor unit.
Priyanka Kharge changeable backmost by accusing the CM of trying to "whitewash his failures" by giving his connection a "political spin" and said that Sarma should bespeak connected wherefore young radical are leaving Assam to find enactment elsewhere.
Alleging that aft astir a decennary of the BJP rule, Assam present ranks among the bottommost 5 states successful important improvement indicators similar health, acquisition and economical maturation arsenic per NITI Aayog's latest report, Mr. Kharge claimed that the lone happening Mr. Sarma has managed to turn is his ain wealth.
