People will watch Rahul Gandhi walk but not vote for Congress: Badruddin Ajmal
The Hindu
The minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) president Maulana Badruddin Ajmal said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s upcoming outreach programme would not impact the outcome of the forthcoming elections in Assam. Mr. Gandhi is scheduled to launch the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur on January 14. About 6,700 km across 111 districts of eastern and northeastern India would be covered during the march.
GUWAHATI: The minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s upcoming outreach programme would not impact the outcome of the forthcoming general elections in Assam.
Mr. Gandhi is scheduled to launch the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur on January 14. About 6,700 km across 111 districts of eastern and northeastern India would be covered during the march.
“Rahul Gandhi belongs to the Nehru family. Wherever he goes, people gather to see him as some kind of a hero but it will not translate into votes for the Congress,” AIUDF president Maulana Badruddin Ajmal said in western Assam’s Barpeta district on Friday, January 5.
Mr. Ajmal represents the Muslim-dominated Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency in western Assam. Dhubri adjoins the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat, where Muslims hold the card too.
The Congress and the AIUDF are seen as competitors for a large chunk of Muslim voters who are the deciding factor in at least four of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam .
The AIUDF chief’s “dismissive” remark has annoyed the Assam Congress unit.
“Who is Badruddin Ajmal to even comment on Rahul Gandhi? He and his party have no standing in the politics of Assam politics as the people have realised the AIUDF is the B-team of the BJP and has transformed into a spokesperson of the saffron party,” vice-president and senior spokesperson of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Bobbeeta Sharma said.
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