Assam Assembly polls | People have understood there is no relation between 'jumlas' and development: Rahul Gandhi
The Hindu
He asked the Centre to explain what it had done for the upliftment of labourers, including tea garden workers, in the State
The people of Assam have understood there is no relation between 'jumlas' (rhetoric) and development, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday, asking the Centre to explain what it had done for the upliftment of labourers, including tea garden workers, in the State. His remarks come two days before the second phase of the assembly elections in the State on April 1. "What did the central government do to wipe the tears of crores of daily wage labourers, including those working in tea estates," he asked in a tweet in Hindi.More Related News
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