Modi knows nothing about tea garden workers' plight : Sonia Gandhi at Assam poll rally
"Modiji appreciates tea workers. But he doesn't know their real condition," Gandhi said at a rally in Shivsagar, Assam, going for assembly elections shortly.
Retorting Modi's blame on the state's Chief Minister for 'not doing anything" for tea garden workers, the Congress President claimed that It was the Congress and its three-time Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who protested and increased the minimum wages of tea workers.
In a counter offensive, she said PM Modi had refused to give food when Assam was battling flood. She accused him also consulting states that "would get affected" by the Naga accord and taking away the "special status to Assam accorded by the UPA government".
Criticising Modi further for his age-related digs at Gogoi, Gandhi added, "Why are you insulting people of Assam Chief Minister Gogoi?"
Last week, while campaigning for BJP's chief minister candidate Sarbananda Sonowal, PM Modi had told people that Gogoi was 90 and Assam needed a younger and more dynamic leader.
Reminding the people of the achievements of the chief minister, Gandhi today said, "Before this, Assam was known for militancy and violence... under Tarun Gogoi, Assam has emerged as a progressive state."
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