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| Veerappa Moily at the news conference on Monday. Picture by Eastern Projections |
Guwahati, March 31 : The Congress today predicted the end of the AGP and the BJP in Assam because of the combine’s divisive agenda.
Speaking to reporters at Rajiv Bhawan today, AICC leader in charge of Assam, Veerappa Moily, also posed three state-specific queries to the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani.
PCC president Bhubaneswar Kalita, AICC observers Mabel Rebello and Chandan Bagchi were also present at the news meet.
Railing without a pause against the combine, as if he were addressing a poll rally, Moily observed, “They have no agenda. They are bankrupt of ideas on development and unity. They are only indulging in divisive and communal politics by raking up the issue of infiltration. I see the end of the AGP and BJP in the ensuing elections. Only we can provide a stable and social solution to the state and country.”
Posing three queries to Advani, who had created quite an impact during his two-day campaign tour to Assam last week by raking up the sensitive issues of influx and security, Moily said: “What did he do to update the National Register of Citizens when he was the home minister? Secondly, what did he do to fence the Bangladesh border? Thirdly, what did he do to increase the number of foreigners tribunal? Now he talks about infiltration.”
Moily also ruled out Advani’s demand for televised debate with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by pointing out that the scope for such debates did not exist in a parliamentary form of government.
“Ours is not a presidential election like in the US. Here the Prime Minister is chosen only after elections. It is not for the Opposition party to dictate who will be the Prime Minister,” he said.
Despite his fusillade against the rival parties and praise for the Congress-led government in Assam, Moily was unconvincing on several issues.
When asked about Dispur’s failure to apprehend Independent legislators Jiten Gogoi and Kushal Duari who had created a ruckus in Kaziranga, to detect about 40,000 Bangladeshis who have gone missing in Assam and to execute 20,002 non-bailable warrants as pointed out by the Election Commission, he said the law will take its own course and the Election Commission will look into the warrant and Bangladeshi issue. The two MLAs are supporters of the Congress.
