APCC hits back at AGP president Atul Bora over 'communal' remark

GUWAHATI: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has issued a statement slamming AGP (Asom Gana Parishad) president Atul Bora for his 'derogatory remarks' about the Congress party terming it as 'communal'.

In the statement, the APCC underlined that the Congress ideology means communal harmony.

"Assam Congress would like to remind Atul Bora that he has shifted to a party that is known world over for its communal agenda. People of Assam, India and the world have not forgotten the black shameful history of Godhra and the politics of divide that the BJP supports. The people of Assam had elected the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and the AGP to deliver the poll promises. But they have failed miserably to fulfill those promises and to divert the attention from rising unemployment, price rise, corruption they are taking recourse to communal politics which has always been their agenda to create division among people to garner votes," the APCC stated in a release. The APCC also asked Bora to make his stand against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) 'clear'.

"We want to remind him (Atul Bora) that the people of Assam are witness to how he and his colleagues threatened to step down from alliance if CAB (Citizenship Amendment Bill) is passed in the Parliament. But what happened to their commitment to the people of Assam? In the greed for power, the AGP is in alliance with a party like BJP who is not only destroying all regional parties in Assam but also going all out to implement the CAA and give red carpet welcome to Bangladeshis and keeping the door open for generations to come through this Act," the APCC stressed.

It further claimed that the Congress is a national party with a regional outlook. The Congress has always fought for issues that concern the State and voting against the CAA is one such major issue, the release added.

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