Assam: Rahul Gandhi to address election rally in Chaygaon on March 31
- Mar 28, 2021,
- Updated Mar 28, 2021, 12:48 AM IST
Boko: Former Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will return to Assam on March 31 to address an election rally at Pritipur Milanpathar sports club field that falls under the Chaygaon Assembly Constituency in poll-bound Assam's Kamrup.
Rekibuddin Ahmed, the sitting Congress MLA, yesterday evening declared that more than one lakh people will be in attendance during Gandhi's upcoming rally.
Taking part in an opening ceremony of an election publicity office at Jambari, Ahmed inducted more than 300 members and leaders of the AGP into the Congress.
"People of the Chaygaon constituency will cast their vote to Congress party because now they understand the difference in the work done by the health minister and AGP candidate Kamala Kalita in 20 years and developmental works done by me in 10 years," Ahmed said.
just before the second and third phase of state assembly elections' declared today by Chaygaon LAC Congress Candidate Rekibuddin Ahmed.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged citizens to cast their vote against the "divisive forces".
"To strengthen democracy, cast your vote against the divisive forces. Jai Hind!" read a tweet of Gandhi roughly translated from Hindi.
Earlier, the Congress leader had visited Assam multiple times in the lead-up to the elections in the state.
During a rally in Dibrugarh’s Dinjoy region earlier this month, Gandhi made five promises to the citizens including Rupees 365 daily for tea workers and not implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
The former Congress chief also promised five lakh jobs, 200 free units of electricity and Rupees 2,000 to housewives in Assam if his party wins the election.