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Calling Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma the "most corrupt CM" successful India, Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Thursday (April 2, 2026) alleged that Mr. Sarma, on with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is moving a "land ATM" successful the State to give onshore to large corporates by snatching it from the public.
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Addressing an predetermination rally successful enactment of enactment campaigner Raton Engti for Bokajan constituency, helium besides said popular vocalist Zubeen Garg stood for Assam and its people, and the Congress enactment volition present justness to him for his decease wrong 100 days of coming to powerfulness successful the State.
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"India's astir corrupt CM is Himanta Biswa Sarma, and his household is besides No 1 successful corruption. The Congress authorities volition instrumentality enactment against him. Though helium is boasting himself now, helium volition beryllium wholly soundless aft that," Mr. Gandhi said.
He alleged that CM Sarma is moving Assam done syndicates and is afloat controlled by PM Modi owed to his corruption charges.
The Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha claimed that 3 large firm houses person been handed implicit a full of 98,400 bighas of onshore successful Assam.
"Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Himanta Biswa Sarma person made a onshore ATM successful Assam. They snatch onshore from the radical and springiness it to large industrialists," helium asserted.
Talking astir celebrated instrumentalist Garg, who died successful Singapore by drowning successful September past year, Mr. Gandhi said the vocalist stood for the authorities and its people.
"He did not basal for 1 person, 1 community, 1 connection oregon 1 history. He reflected the tone of the multi-cultural, multi-religious contented of Assam. Once we travel to power, we volition present justness wrong 100 days, and it is 100 per cent sure," helium added.
Mr. Gandhi besides asserted that Congress believes successful decentralisation and that powerfulness should beryllium fixed to the section people, portion the BJP is trying to tally Assam from Delhi.
"That is the quality betwixt the BJP and the Congress. People of antithetic ideologies, identities, religions and castes unrecorded successful Assam, which is similar a bouquet of antithetic flowers. We privation radical to unrecorded similar this," helium added.
"We committedness to instrumentality Article 244(A) of the Constitution fully. Karbi Anglong and each Sixth Schedule areas volition beryllium governed by the section people, not by Guwahati oregon Delhi," helium added.
Mr. Gandhi asserted that each the rights and individuality of the tribal colonisation volition beryllium afloat protected nether the Congress government.
On the India-U.S. commercialized deal, the Congress MP claimed it is simply a nonaccomplishment for New Delhi arsenic taxes for American goods were lowered, and the Indian marketplace has been opened by them.
"(U.S. President) Donald Trump controls Narendra Modi owed to the Epstein files... Trump knows each the records of Adani, and helium adjacent filed transgression cases against Adani successful the U.S.," helium added.
Because of the commercialized deal, the agriculture assemblage has been opened to the U.S. corporates and America is successful a dictating presumption regarding India's acquisition of crude oil, Gandhi stressed.
"Narendra Modi has besides handed implicit each information to Trump. The woody says India volition person to acquisition 9 lakh crore worthy of goods from the US. This volition devastate tiny industrialists and traders successful India," helium added.
Mr. Gandhi besides mentioned the party's "five guarantees", which see an unconditional monthly wealth transportation into each woman's slope account, on with an further ₹50,000 assistance to women consenting to acceptable up oregon grow a business.
The Congress, which is looking to wrest powerfulness from the BJP successful the State, pledged ₹25 lakh cashless wellness security for each families and imperishable onshore pattas for 10 lakh indigenous people.
Besides, ₹1,250 per period for elder citizens of the State and a dedicated section volition beryllium established to oversee matters concerning the elderly.
Polling for the 126-member Assam Assembly volition beryllium held connected April 9, portion the results volition beryllium declared connected May 4.
