SILCHAR, June 13 � The All India Congress Committee general secretary and the in-charge for Assam, CP Joshi on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his �tyrannical policies� to run the Government are hurting the nation�s democracy.
In a bid to woo party workers and the people of the Barak Valley ahead of the 2016 Assembly elections in the State, Joshi, while addressing a public meeting here, said that the way Modi is dishing out his pro-corporate policies and dictating terms and making efforts to distort India�s political history, it is clear that the democratic fabric is in danger. �The Prime Minister�s tyrannical conduct is a threat to parliamentary democracy. He must speak about the varied culture, linguistic and religious diversities of the nation,� Joshi added.
Further criticising the stand of the Prime Minister to keep Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi out of his team which went to Bangladesh recently, Joshi said at a time when a part of the Assam land would be given to the neighbouring country, the presence of Gogoi in the team for talks would have been significant. He added that Modi did not do anything new during his one-year tenure in power, but effectively fooled the people by talking tall on his policies, most of which were taken during the UPA regime.
He challenged the Modi Government, saying that if it is indeed concerned about the development of the North East, it should first convert Silchar into a smart city. Lifting the spirits of the party workers to work with more dedication in the forthcoming polls, Joshi said that Assam voters would give a fitting reply to the bluffs churned out by the Modi Government by re-electing the Congress Government in the next elections.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Anjan Dutta said that the Congress party does not believe in divisive politics. He claimed that the Barak and Brahmaputra valleys are on the same page as far as the development of Assam is concerned.
