Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the famous Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati as he began his two-day visit to poll-bound Assam.
Speaking to reporters later, Rahul said that unlike the BJP his party keeps the promises made to the people during the elections. He said that in Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka his party had promised to waive farm loans and did it after assuming power.
“Congress has given five guarantees to the voters of Assam. We are not the BJP. We fulfil our promises,” he said, adding that “we have guaranteed to raise the tea garden workers’ daily wage to Rs 365,” he said, referring to one of the five promises”.
The Congress has promised in its ‘guarantees’ that it will not allow the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to be implemented in Assam, provide employment to five lakh youths, provide 200 units of free electricity per month to all households, give monthly assistance of Rs 2,000 to every housewife, besides raising the minimum daily wages of tea garden workers.
Rahul, who was supposed to campaign in Assam on Tuesday, could not reach there due to bad weather and instead released a video appealing the voters to exercise their franchise in favour of the ‘Mahajot’ (Grand Alliance).
