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A file image of former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi

The former chief minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi, said that the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) is being prepared in Assam โ€œat the behest of RSSโ€.

Addressing media persons in Guwahati on Thursday, Gogoi fumed, โ€œThe final Assam NRC which will be out on July 30 next will not be a totally error-free one as the BJP government is trying its best to bring in the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.โ€

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Gogoi further stated that the BJP government was not giving too much of stress on preparing a final NRC list โ€œdevoid of a single illegal migrantโ€.

โ€œJust because the NRC is being prepared at the behest of RSS, genuine Indian citizens are being harassed,โ€ the former Assam CM further remarked.

To buttress his statement, he further questioned, โ€œHow was 40 lakh people left out? Out of the 40 lakh who did not make it to final draft Assam NRC, a lot of genuine Indian citizens are also there.โ€

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Lambasting the BJP government, he said that the saffron party leaders make tall talks but their โ€œactions speak otherwise โ€“ roads are in a dilapidated condition, prices of essential items are hitting the roof, unemployment is soaring, and everything is in a chaosโ€.

He said with an air of confidence that the BJP stands no chance to win in this Lok Sabha polls โ€œuntil and unless they tamper with the EVMsโ€.

He prophesied that Prime Minister Narendra Modiโ€™s stars are not favouring him and once the election results are out on May 23 next, โ€œbad days will befall BJPโ€.

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He affirmed, โ€œThe people of India will get a new government this time round and the Congress will play a pivotal role in it.โ€

He promised that if the Congress government comes to power at the Centre, both Nagaon and Silchar paper mills will be reopened and Assam will get back its โ€˜special state categoryโ€™ status.

Gogoi finally said that he will no more utter the sentence โ€“ โ€œโ€˜Who is Badruddin?โ€™ as the people of Assam did not give my party majority in the 2016 Assembly elections for saying so as a result of which I lost.โ€

Kalpajyoti Saikia is Senior Reporter of Northeast Now. He can be reached at: [email protected]