Dibrugarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of disrespecting the Northeast by refusing to wear a ‘gamosa’, presented by President Droupadi Murmu at the ‘At Home’ reception hosted by her on Republic Day.
All dignitaries, including those from abroad, had worn the scarf as a mark of respect, but Gandhi was the “only person to refuse” to do so, Shah claimed, while addressing a public rally at the Khanikar Parade Ground here.
He asked Gandhi “what enmity does he have towards the people of NE….Why such injustice against the people of the region”.
“Rahul Gandhi can do whatever he wants, but as long as the BJP is in power and politics, it will not allow any disrespect of the Northeast’s culture. We are firm on this, and nobody can shake us from this firm stand,” the BJP leader said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has worn the Assamese ‘gamosa’ at the UN and talked about Vaishnav saints Sankardeva and Madhavdeva, thereby spreading the state’s culture globally, he said.
Shah also accused the Congress of using infiltration as a “weapon of its vote bank politics”. “There has been no infiltration in Assam since the BJP came to power. Those who had come to India illegally will be identified and sent back,” he said.
