Congress launches 'Axom Bachao Ahok' yatra from Bordowa Than in Nagaon

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NAGAON: The Congress on Friday sounded the poll bugle in Assam by launching the 'Axom Bachao Ahok' (Let's Save Assam) Yatra from Bordowa Thaan, the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardeva, the 15th century saint whose social reforms symbolizes the synergetic culture of Assamese society. Lok Sabha MP and Congress Campaign Committee chairman Pradyut Bordoloi began his yatra after paying his respects at the Bordowa Thaan.

All India Congress Committee general secretary and in-charge for Assam, Jitendra Singh, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief Ripun Bora, Congress Manifesto Committee chairman Gaurav Gogoi, party's Publicity Committee chairman Rakibul Hussain and former minister Gautam Bora flagged off the yatra.

"We will reach out to every household through this yatra and appeal to every person to support the Congress party to save Assam from being destroyed by the BJP and its cronies. We will interact with diverse sections of the society to understand their issues and problems," said Bordoloi while talking to reporters at Bordowa Thaan.

"The aim of this yatra is to listen to every section of the society- poor, women, youth, unemployed and people from every walk of life. Many sections of the society are coming forward to share their issues and concerns with the Congress party through this yatra," said Jitendra Singh, the AICC general secretary in-charge for Assam. "The BJP has failed in its 2016 promise to protect the community, identity and honour of Assam. The Congress government under the leadership of Tarun Gogoi had worked really hard to bring stability and peace in Assam. The BJP wants to push Assam into turbulence through its divisive agenda but we will not let it happen," said APCC president Ripun Bora.

The problems being highlighted by people through this campaign will be used by the party's manifesto committee headed by Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi. Addressing the gathering at the launch of the Yatra, Gogoi asserted that all-round development, the hallmark of Tarun Gogoi's tenure, would be back in the State when the Congress would form the next government.

"The people of Assam have been put to torture by the BJP government on economic, sociological and environment front. We will listen to everyone through this Yatra and ensure that every section of the society is taken along the path of peace and prosperity again," said Gaurav Gogoi.

Congress Legislature party leader Debabrata Saikia also launched the second Yatra from the historic town of Sivasagar, the seat of power of the glorious Ahoms. In the battle to reclaim Assamese culture and identity from the clutches of the BJP, memorial. Speaking to media persons, Saikia said that the people of Assam would give a befitting reply to the BJP's sectarian and communal politics.

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