Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Saturday that the Election Commission started the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to ensure infiltrators are kept out of the poll process, “but ‘deshdrohis' (traitors) were trying to protect them, PTI reported.
“The Centre is taking strict steps to stop infiltration,” he said. He claimed that Congress gave protection to infiltrators during their rule.
He attacked the Congress, claiming that it “neglected” the state of Assam and the northeast during its rule, and also claimed that the BJP government was correcting “mistakes” the grand old party had made in the region for decades.
Addressing a rally after inaugurating a new terminal of the Guwahati airport, Modi claimed that the development of Assam and the northeast was never a part of the Congress agenda.
“The Congress gave protection to infiltrators who grabbed forests and land, threatening the security and identity of Assam... The BJP governemnt has been correcting mistakes the Congress kept making for decades in the northeast,” the PM claimed.
The Prime Minister claimed that development under the BJP's double-engine government “flows unabated” in Assam, just as the flow of the mighty Brahmaputra river.
“My attachment to the land of Assam inspires me, gives me strength for development of region. Assam and the entire Northeast is becoming the gateway to India's development. Every state, each region of the country has an important role to play in the mission of a developed India,” Modi said.
In West Bengal, Modi lashed out at the Trinamool Congress on Saturday, calling the state's prevailing situation “maha jungle raj” and alleging that "corruption, nepotism and appeasement of the ruling dispensation" have prevented development in the state.
Addressing a massive gathering at Taherpur in Nadia district over the phone from Kolkata, Modi urged the people to provide a chance to the BJP in the 2026 assembly polls to form a “double engine government” in the state.