Jorhat: Addressing an election rally in Jorhat, Assam, Priyanka Gandhi said that the BJP had made a lot of promises to you in the last election. BJP had said that 25 lakh jobs will be provided, did they get? He had said that the CAA will not implement but talked about implementing the CAA as soon as it comes to power.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi hit back at the Prime Minister’s statement that “only a chaywala can understand your pain” and asked whether the PM has ever visited a tea garden, met female laborers there? Priyanka Gandhi said that the PM cannot understand the pain of the workers working in the tea garden. He has not yet fulfilled his promise of giving Rs 350 per day to the laborers.
Priyanka Gandhi said that we are giving a strong challenge, we are very confident. Our effort is to talk about development, the needs and protection of the people of Assam and to strengthen their culture and identity.
In her speech, Priyanka reiterated five things for the development of Assam. Priyanka Gandhi said that after the formation of the Congress government, the workers working in the tea gardens got a guarantee of minimum 365 rupees wages, guarantee of 2000 per month for every woman, guarantee of 5 lakh employment, guarantee of 200 units of free electricity to every family and guarantees of CAA not applicable in the state.
