Guwahati: AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal accused Congress and the BJP of teaming up to carry out recent evictions in Assam's Dhubri district. He claims local representatives ignored the plight of displaced families in Gulabganj. The political finger-pointing follows a controversial clearing operation.
Ajmal boasted about his own record during his three-year term as Dhubri MP. He claims he and five AIUDF MLAs blocked government eviction efforts multiple times. According to the AIUDF leader, they pushed back four or five times against both Congress and BJP administrations. They protested and raised the issue in Parliament at least 10 to 20 times. "We stopped evictions for three years," Ajmal said.
The AIUDF chief turned his fire on current MP Rakibul Hussain. He accused Hussain of cutting a deal with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and keeping quiet as families lost their homes. Ajmal claimed the Congress leadership is trying to pin the blame for the displacements on his party. He now wants Hussain to step down. He also demanded the resignation of five local MLAs, stating they failed to visit the site to check on those impacted by the state action.
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