Priyanka Gandhi opens front against Himanta government in Assam, Congress releases list of allegations

Before the assembly elections in Assam, Congress has opened a front against the Himanta government. Congress General Secretary and Assam in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has issued a charge sheet against the Himanta government in Guwahati, in which allegations have been made on behalf of the people of the state. Priyanka Gandhi says that to prepare this charge sheet, the public was communicated with for three months and their problems were asked. This is the public opinion, which is given in this charge sheet.

What allegations has Congress made against the BJP government of Assam?

Congress has presented it by the name of People’s Charge Sheet. In this, it has been presented in the name of People of Assam vs BJP Government of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (2021-2026). In this, allegations have been made point wise by the Congress against the BJP’s Assam government.

1. Institutionalizing ‘Syndicate Raj’ in Assam and establishing a parallel economy driven by black money.
2. Widespread corruption and accumulation of illegal wealth by ministers close to Himanta Biswa Sarma and their families.
3. Rising debt, irresponsible governance and financial mismanagement.
4. Failure to grant Scheduled Tribe status to 6 communities (Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Moran, Motok, Chutia and tribal tea tribes).
5. Handing over indigenous land of Assam for corporate expansion.
6. Deliberate undermining of the Assam Accord of 1985 and non-implementation of Clause 6 that ensures protection of Assamese identity.
7. Stalling the NRC project and continuously blackmailing the communities by creating an atmosphere of fear through official channels.
8. Failure to accord national disaster status to Assam’s perennial floods and river bank erosion.
9. failure to create new jobs; The gimmick of calling partial filling of government vacancies as employment, turning Assam into a labor supply state under the Youth Export Policy.
10. Weakening government education and depriving the children of the poor from educational opportunities.
11. Failure to provide basic health services, leading to preventable deaths among poor people.
12. Betrayal of poor tea garden workers, failure to implement long-standing promise of ₹351 daily wage.
13. Bulldozer justice and selective eviction of minorities.
14. Undermining constitutional rule by creating a climate of fear through heavy-handed measures, police encounters and ‘cowboy justice’.
15. Failure to protect women and children in Assam from violence, torture, sexual crimes and trafficking.
16. Environmental corruption-Assam’s environment is being mined and sold to the forest mafia.
17. Worrying spread of drug menace with occasional seizures only for PR, without permanent solutions.
18. Government complicity in illegal rat-hole mining turning mineral rich areas of Assam into ‘death valley’.
19. Failure of urban planning, leading to poor waste management, sewerage overflows and submerged cities.
20. Suppression of freedom of expression and weakening of the fourth pillar of democracy.