People fed up with Narendra Modi's false promises of 'Achche Din': Tarun Gogoi

GUWAHATI: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making U-turns on important issues concerning Assam, like pushing back illegal immigrants, Subansiri Dam and land deal with Bangladesh, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said people are fed up with his false promises of ushering in 'Achche Din'.

Gogoi said the large turnout in public rallies and padyatra of party vice president Rahul Gandhi during his two-day visit to the state indicated that the wind is blowing in favour of Congress in the forthcoming Assembly elections.

"Fed up with false pre-poll promises of the Modi Government to usher in 'Acche Din' and U-turns on major issues concerning the state, the people have rallied behind the Congress knowing it is the most secular, pro-poor and development oriented party," Gogoi said.

"The Modi Government has squeezed the flow of funds by withdrawing the Special Category status, changing the funding pattern of Centrally Sponsored Schemes and flood management programme, suspending North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy, reducing MGNREGA, IAY and other 'pro-poor' schemes funds," Gogoi said in a statement.

"The Prime Minister has taken U-turns on all important issues like pushing back foreigners, on Subansiri Dam and land swap deal with Bangladesh, thus bringing its policy of double standards to the fore.

"The people of Assam have realised they have been hoodwinked into believing that the Prime Minister will do something for them, but left them in the lurch. This policy of double standards will go against the BJP in the Assembly polls," the chief minister said.

He said the BJP, knowing it was on a sticky wicket, has entered into an alliance with BPF, tacit understanding with AIUDF and was inching towards political parties like the AGP to cobble up an alliance to defeat the Congress.

The Congress would fight the polls alone and would not enter into pre-poll alliance with any party, he said.

"Congress will get a majority and form the government on its own," Gogoi said.