Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the Modi government on Monday over the flood situation in the northeastern states and hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would open the doors of his PM Care Fund, where he claimed that crores of rupees were lying without any audit.
Referring to Assam, he said that Prime Minister Modi had promised to make the state flood -free in 2016, but it seems that BJP’s double engine governments have cheated Assam.
In a post on X, he said that the northeastern region is struggling with disastrous floods, landslides and heavy rains.
He said that Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim and Meghalaya are among the worst affected states where many people have lost their lives and millions of people have been affected.
He said that Congress leaders and workers should make every effort to provide assistance to the people. He said, “In 2016, the BJP promised to make Assam ‘flood -free’. In 2022, Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated the promise.”
Kharge said in his post, “The so -called ‘Smart City’ remembers seeing the scenes of Guwahati how Modi ji and his double engine governments have cheated Assam.”
The Congress president said, “Sanding attention to the issues of basic development, diverting attention and moving towards emotional and polarized subjects has been the hallmark of BJP politics.”
He said that the Modi government should issue more funds to all the states of the Northeast, especially Assam, for the preparations for the flood. Kharge, taking a sarcasm at the Prime Minister, said, “Perhaps Modi ji should open the doors of PM Cares Fund without a public audit, in which crores of rupees are lying.”
The flood situation is critical after heavy rains in many parts of the northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. So far ten people have died due to floods in Assam and more than four lakh people are affected in more than 20 districts and seven major rivers are in spate.
The situation is likely to worsen for people living in low -lying areas and river banks due to continuous heavy rains in state and neighboring areas.
