Assam Loves Football, Has Shown 'Red Card' To Congress-Led Alliance: PM Modi

Assam Election 2021: PM Modi also accused that the former Congress governments in the state and at the Centre did nothing to check violence in Bodo areas. "In the long years of its rule, the Congress threw Bodoland into bomb, gun and blockade culture. NDA gifted peace and respect," he said

Drawing a football analogy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that the people of Assam have shown the "red card" to the Congress-led Grand Alliance in the state. He also accused the previous Congress governments of being a mute spectator to unbridled violence in the Bodo dominated areas of the state. "People of Assam have given their blessings to the NDA in first phase of assembly poll. Football is a popular sport in Assam. In football parlance, the people of Assam have shown the Congress-led alliance the red card," he said addressing an election rally at Bijni in Assam's Kokrajhar. PM Modi also accused that the former Congress governments in the state and at the Centre did nothing to check violence in Bodo areas.