Government working to minimise impact of global conflicts on people, Congress trying to create panic: PM Modi

Asserting that the Centre was moving to minimise the impacts of planetary conflicts connected the people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday (March 14, 2026) alleged that the Opposition Congress was acting "irresponsibly" by trying to make panic successful the country.

Addressing a nationalist gathering successful Assam's Silchar aft unveiling projects worthy implicit ₹23,550 crore, Modi alleged that the Congress had ignored the improvement of the Northeast for decades, and allowed specified a drafting of a borderline during Independence that chopped disconnected Barak Valley's entree to the sea.

"As the satellite is facing wars, our effort is to minimise their interaction connected the radical of the country. The Congress should person performed the relation of a liable governmental party, but it failed to bash so. It is trying to make panic among the people," helium alleged.

"They bash not person immoderate imaginativeness either for Assam oregon the nation, but lone cognize however to maltreatment Modi, dispersed rumours, lies, and make mendacious reels to mislead people," helium claimed.

Mr. Modi besides took connected the Congress implicit its shirtless protestation astatine the AI Impact Summit successful Delhi past month, accusing the enactment of defaming the nation.

"The full satellite is funny successful AI, and the palmy acme successful Delhi was attended by planetary leaders, tech companies and their heads. But, the Congress tried to embarrass the state by indulging successful a 'kapda phar' (tearing of clothes) exhibition," helium said.

Mr,. Modi said the full state condemned "this vulgar" protest, but the "royal household of the Congress" is "patting themselves connected the back".

"Congress is near with thing but to teardrop its ain clothes," helium added.

Alleging that the Congress engages successful activities that are against the nation's interest, the Prime Minister said it tin ne'er guarantee the payment of the radical of immoderate state.

"Congress is losing 1 predetermination aft another, and successful the adjacent future, the enactment volition deed a period of its losses. The despair of its losses has led it to unfastened a beforehand against the nation, and its leaders are engaged defaming the country," helium said.

Mr. Modi alleged that the Congress kept the Northeast distant from some "dil (heart) and Delhi", ensuring that improvement did not scope the region's people, leaving them mired successful unit and backwardness.

"Just arsenic the Congress near the North-East connected its own, successful a akin way, it played a large relation successful weakening Barak Valley. When India became Independent, Congress allowed a borderline to beryllium drawn that chopped disconnected Barak Valley's entree to the sea," helium alleged.

"Barak Valley, which was erstwhile known arsenic an concern centre, was stripped of its precise strength. For decades aft Independence, Congress governments remained successful power, yet the portion saw small development. Today, the BJP authorities is moving to alteration that," helium added.

Mr. Modi said connectivity is being developed successful the Barak Valley to nexus it to different parts of the Northeast and West Bengal.

"It volition beryllium developed arsenic a large logistics and commercialized hub of the region," helium said, noting that Barak Valley is besides astatine the centre of the government's Act East Policy and volition beryllium a span connecting India with Southeast Asia.

The Prime Minister alleged that the Congress misguided Assam's younker into paths of unit and terrorism, portion the BJP has ensured the authorities becomes a spot of unlimited opportunities wherever they tin scope for the sky.

"Where Congress stops thinking, we commencement working," helium said, noting that the BJP's mantra is to springiness precedence to those near down successful development.

Referring to erstwhile Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mr. Modi said helium represented Assam for 10 years but did not springiness a azygous paise to farmers of the State, whereas the BJP has fixed them much than ₹20,000 crore.

At the programme, the Prime Minister took portion successful the 'bhoomi poojan' for the ₹22,864-crore access-controlled expressway betwixt Silchar successful Cachar territory and Shillong successful Meghalaya, the archetypal of its benignant successful the Northeast.

The 166-km four-lane greenfield high-speed corridor volition trim the region betwixt Guwahati and Silchar from 295 km to 252 km, cutting question clip from 8.5 hours to astir 5 hours, officials said.

Mr. Modi besides took portion successful the 'bhoomi poojan' for an elevated corridor connected NH-306, from Trunk Road adjacent Capital Point to Rangirkhari Point successful Silchar, which volition beryllium constructed astatine ₹565 crore.

This task aims to alleviate congestion connected 1 of Silchar's busiest roads, amended links with neighbouring states specified arsenic Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur, and lend to the economical improvement of the Barak Valley, officials said.

The PM besides laid the instauration chromatic for the ₹122-crore College of Agriculture astatine Patharkandi successful Karimganj district.

These are portion of projects worthy ₹47,800 crore that the Prime Minister unveiled successful the State since Friday.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal were among those contiguous astatine the programme.