Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a vile attack on Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress promised removal of the ARMED FORCES (SPECIAL POWERS) ACT just to appease the people for votes while the Bharatiya Janata Party’s plan is to first bring peace to the state and then remove the act. He made the statements while addressing a rally in Guwahati, where the BJP is in power and added that his party’s first priority is to bring peace to the bordering state.
“Rahul Gandhi gave Congress an agenda to remove AFSPA from the northeast if they came to power (in 2019), that was for appeasement. When it was asked of me, I said we’ll first bring peace in the northeast and will remove AFSPA but won’t do it only for appeasement,” said Shah in his address. The home minister is on a three-day visit to Assam
Amit Shah chairs review meeting on Assam flood
Earlier in the day, Shah chaired a security review meeting along with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the detrimental Assam floods. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly 8.9 million people in the state have been affected by the flood and landslides that struck Assam this year.
The disasters have so far killed 192 people in the state.
Amit Shah’s salvo on Congress
Recalling the Congress regime in Assam, Amit Shah said that the BJP protestors, including him, were assaulted under Hiteshwar Saikia’s rule.
The BJP mastermind leader also recalled that he raised slogans against the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Union Minister chairs meeting against drug menace
Amit Shah will on Saturday chair a regional meeting on ‘Drug Trafficking and National Security’ in Assam to discuss the drug scenario in the North-Eastern Region and ways to mitigate it.
The meeting will be held in Guwahati, a sprawling city beside the Brahmaputra River in the Northeastern state of Assam. Chief Ministers and Director Generals of Police of all Northeastern states will participate, a government source said.
