Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma has given a shocking statement during the election campaign in Dhubri, the Muslim-dominated Lok Sabha constituency of the state. Sharma on Thursday targeted sitting All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MP Badruddin Ajmal and Congress candidate Rakibul Hussain, saying voting for these two leaders would be like ‘expecting milk from a bull’. He claimed that there will be a triangular contest between the candidates of Assam Gana Parishad (AGP), AIUDF and Congress in the third phase of general elections on May 7.
‘Ajmal’s time in Dhubri is over’
At public events in Golakganj, Bilasipara and Gauripur, Chief Minister Sarma confirmed that BJP’s ally AGP is gaining support in areas where earlier it had no influence among the people. At a public meeting in Golakganj, he highlighted the decline in support for AIUDF and Congress in the region, saying, ‘People have realized that Ajmal’s time in Dhubri is over and they do not need Rakibul.’ Dhubri’s 26 lakh voters will decide the fate of 13 candidates including AIUDF’s Badruddin Ajmal, Congress’s Rakibul Hussain and AGP’s Javed Islam.
Congress candidate Hussain criticized the CM
CM Sharma took a dig at Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her ‘mafia raj’ comment. He said, ‘Priyanka Gandhi has not seen the days of mafia rule during the Congress rule. Today there is no bomb blast in the state, no firing, no ULFA, no NDFB, there was only the mafia rule of Rokibul Hussain. The Chief Minister also said that Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi have no support among the people of Assam. Responding to Sarma’s statement, Congress candidate Rakibul Hussain criticized the Assam Chief Minister, saying he has changed his stand after the first phase of voting in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. (IANS)
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