“Hanuman showed his love by tearing apart his chest. In Kalyug, we have to show the love through votes,” Sarma said.Addressing a press conference at Jorhat on Tuesday, Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah dismissed the CM’s claim and said that Sarma was playing ‘mind games’ to divert attention from real issue.”I want to ask, why should I join the BJP? If I join, will the six communities demanding Scheduled Tribe status for years get it? Will new jobs be created? Will landless indigenous families get land rights?” Borah asked.”The CM is playing mind games. Whenever we talk about burning issues, he tries to divert attention as he has no solutions. But the Congress will not fall into the trap of such mind games”, the state Congress chief added.Congress has fielded Premlal Ganju, a state party general secretary, against sitting MLA Dutta, who is also a former state minister and ex-BJP state president. The constituency goes to the polls in the first phase on April 19.The BJP is contesting in 11 seats out of total 14 in the state, leaving two for AGP and one for United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL).The saffron party has nine MPs from the state in the outgoing Lok Sabha, with its alliance partners having no representation.
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