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Diphu, Jan. 22 (EMN): Eleven leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), besides others, have returned to the Congress in presence of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee’s President Ripun Borah and the president of the Karbi Anglong District Congress Committee (KADCC) Biren Sing Engti.
The 11 leaders are Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) Surjyo Rongphar from Deopani; Kadom Terangpi from Surupathar; Mensing Taro from Deopani and Daniel Momin from Bokajan. They are from the Bokajan LA constituency.
From Howragaht are Bidyasing Rongpi from Mahamaya; Kaja Terang from Howraghat; Birendra Kumar Nath, ex-MAC from Howraghat and Chandra Tamang, ex-MAC from Phuloni.
From Diphu are Pradip Singnar; Phuding Terang from Rajapathar, and Mahesh Kumar Chauhan, MAC from Langpher. Except for Momin from the NPP, the rest, ten of them, are from the BJP. Surjyo Rongphar, Bidyasing Rongpi, Phuding Terang were with the BJP but during the KAAC elections in June 2017, formed the Karbi Anglong Democratic Forum (KADF).
Welcoming the leaders retuning to the Congress, APCC’s President Ripun Borah called the BJP a sister organisation of the RSS. The RSS was formed in 1955 and has now 54 sister organisations, while the BJP was founded in 1982. Initially it was Janata party with a sole aim to defeat the Congress. The RSS’s main slogan is, ‘One nation, one religion. But this is not possible in a country like India as a pluralistic nation will different communities, tribes, language and religion exist. Every religion and communities of persons should get equal status and expression,’ Borah said.
‘BJP is giving diktat on what to eat and what not to eat. Now the BJP in State government has reduced funds for development of hill districts, funds for development of ST and SC communities. The BJP has to stopped from power and if not in near future the country will become disorder and fights among neighbours and within family members,’ the APCC president said.
To benefit the common people, the citizens need roads, development, good house, clothing, good education and hygiene, the leader said. He said that the Prime Minister Modi’s tall claims of bringing change has seen ‘nothing.’ What has experienced rather, he said, is hike in the price of LPG gas from INR 300 to INR 920; lentils (“daal”) from INR 50 to INR 100 and a hiked in petrol and diesel prices as well.
Further, Borah termed Modi a ‘good seller of commodities, a traitor and thok baji.’ During the previous assembly elections he had sold a good number of commodities and gave tall promises to the people, the speaker said. He promised the people change and to provide facilities to all, he said. ‘By giving false promises and implementing nothing, (it) has made Modi a traitor to the people. He is expert in cheating-thok bas,’ Borah said.
Borah had more to say. He said that ‘ashrams’ are set-up for needy persons and the destitute. ‘But in BJP, ashrams have come up to give shelters to corrupt leaders,’ he said.
Earlier, Surjyo Rongphar said during the event that the BJP was being controlled by the RSS. “Once former MP Dr. Jayanta Rongpi said that in1994-95 no-confidence motion in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government I did not support BJP because I knew very well BJP is a disease like cancer. Once allowed to govern will damage the whole system of the country.”
‘Cancer has no medicine the flash from the body has to be cut off. BJP is like cancer it need to be cut off,’ he said.
Former EM of the KAAC Pradip Singnar spoke at the event also. He said, ‘There is no use of regional party. I was (with the) BJP for 11 months but I did not feel as my own party. I too is an old Congress man and I love to be in Congress again. In BJP it is controlled by RSS. There (are) so many Morchas (like Yuva morcha, mahila morcha, kisan morcha, ST morcha etc.) There are small morchas and big morchas (Singnar meant to say morchas as chillies).’
