'One family looting Assam': Priyanka Gandhi slams CM Himanta

Alleging massive corruption on every front during the BJP-led government in Assam, Priyanka Gandhi raked up several old scams.

Nazira: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday slammed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and alleged that "only one family is looting" everything in the state.

Addressing an election rally here in support of Leader of the Opposition and party candidate for Nazira, Debabrata Saikia, she also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and charged him with being a "slave" of the US.

"One family is looting everything in Assam. And when they are not looting, mines, lands and every other asset is being handed over to big industrialists," Gandhi claimed.

Alleging massive corruption on every front during the BJP-led government in Assam, she raked up several old scams such as Sarada, Smart City and NC Hills.

"The BJP said they have given a double-engine government. In reality, it is a double-ghulami (slavery) government. PM Modi is engaged in slavery of the US, and Himanta Biswa Sarma is engaged in slavery of Modi," Gandhi claimed.

She also attacked the BJP government for failing to fulfil the promise of hiking daily wages of tea garden workers and stressed that the people from the gardens are struggling in the same way.

"Various tribal communities have been demanding ST status for years. The BJP had promised to accord ST status to them, but they failed to give it," the Lok Sabha MP said.

She also alleged that women of Assam are forced to attend the rallies of the PM and CM with threats that their names will be removed from various government schemes, especially the flagship poverty alleviation scheme 'Orunodoi'.