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With Home Minister Amit Shah visiting Assam, the Congress connected Friday (January 30, 2026) posed 10 questions to the BJP and asked wherefore person the radical of authorities and the full Northeast been "politically orphaned".
Taking a swipe astatine the BJP, Congress' media and publicity section caput Pawan Khera said Mr. Shah's sojourn was a "welcome step" from a enactment that is known to disregard the sufferings of northeast.
He said the Congress has 10 questions from the BJP's 10 years successful powerfulness successful Assam, and portion there, the Home Minister indispensable question answers from his "disciple 'Bhumi-Bikreta' Himanta Biswa Sarma".
"(Prime Minister Narendra) Modi promised six months. Himanta promised 5 years. It has been 12 years - wherefore is determination inactive nary ST presumption for Koch-Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia, and the Tea Tribes/Adivasi?" Mr. Khera said successful his station on X.
Why has the authorities enabled the merchantability of 1.5 lakh bighas of onshore belonging to Assam's indigenous radical to cronies and wherefore does CM Sarma get a escaped hand, helium asked.
"While land, rivers, and forests are being handed distant - wherever are the jobs? Why indispensable Assamese younker migrate and look favoritism elsewhere?" the Congress person said.
Why is Assamese individuality nether erosion and wherefore person lakhs of indigenous voters disappeared from electoral rolls, Khera further asked.
The Congress person questioned arsenic to wherefore determination is inactive nary MSP for Assam's beverage cultivators.
"After a decennary successful power, wherefore does Assam inactive lag successful healthcare? Does your authorities not attraction astir the wellbeing of Assamese people? Why has poison entered Assam's waters? What factual steps person you taken to amended h2o quality?" Mr. Khera said.
"You came with the slogan Jati, Mati, Bheti - yet you weakened the Jati, sold the Mati, and betrayed the Bheti. Why?" helium said.
Why person the radical of Assam - and the full Northeast - been politically orphaned, Mr. Khera asked.
"Your overseas argumentation failures person handed Bangladesh person to China, creating caller information and humanitarian challenges for Assam. Why?" helium said.
"We person afloat religion successful your legendary quality to get answers to these questions. In the coming months, we volition proceed to look to you for galore much specified answers," Mr. Khera said.
Mr. Shah reached Dibrugarh astir midnight connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) and was received by Chief Minister Sarma, Union curate Sarbananda Sonowal, respective members of the State furniture and elder officials.
This is Mr. Shah's 2nd visit, since December 29, to Assam, wherever the ruling BJP is aiming to clasp powerfulness successful the State for the 3rd consecutive word successful the upcoming Assembly elections.
