BTC polls: Himanta Biswa Sarma campaigns for BJP candidates in Udalguri

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TANGLA/UDALGURI: State Finance and Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma campaigned in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates at Dhansirighat, Udalguri and Kabirali on Monday. He assured the reconstruction of the Udalguri-Rowta road and upgradation of Udalguri Civil Hospital to a 200-bedded hospital before the assembly election.

Slamming the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), the minister said that the State Government had provided crores of rupees to BTC each year but the BPF-ruled BTC had failed to announce any schemes for the development of poor and needy people. He banked on the anti-incumbency wave against the BPF which had been in power in BTC for the past 15 years. Sarma opined that the dark clouds hovering over the skies of the Bodo belt would witness a new dawn where prosperity , development and equal rights of every community would prevail.

Sarma, while addressing a gathering of more than 8,000 people at Udalguri, said, "BJP reposed faith in the BPF for three terms but there have been allegations of corruption and snapping of land rights of several communities where people have been refused permission to sell and procure land."

Exuding confidence of BJP forming government in the council, he promised of making the administration and appointments in government jobs a free, fair and transparent act. Lambasting BPF president HagramaMohilary, who alleged that the 3rd Bodo Accord had certain flaws,Sarma questioned Mohilary and said that if the Accord had flaws, why was he part of the Accord?

Sarma addressed three political meetings at Udalguri. He campaigned for KastaramBaglari of Rowta constituency at Dhansirighat, BirdaoBasumatari of Bhairabkunda and RadheswariBoro of Dhansiri constituency at UdalguriRas field and for RinjoyBoro of Harisinga constituency at Kabirali.

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