{"id":278109,"date":"2026-02-15T00:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=278109"},"modified":"2026-02-15T00:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:52:05","slug":"cong-neglected-ne-promoted-insurgency-in-assam-during-its-rule-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/cong-neglected-ne-promoted-insurgency-in-assam-during-its-rule-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Cong neglected NE, promoted insurgency in Assam during its rule: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GUWAHATI, 14 Feb:<\/strong> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Congress, accusing it of neglecting the Northeast and promoting insurgency in Assam during its rule.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing a public meeting here that also included BJP workers, Modi alleged that the Congress always endangered the nation&#8217;s security, with fear and insecurity prevailing during its tenure in Assam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8221;The Congress indulged in polarisation and vote bank politics, and took decisions that promoted these,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The partition of the country took place due to the Muslim League, but now there is &#8216;MMC&#8217; &#8211; Maoist, Muslim, Congress &#8211; and people should be aware,&#8221; Modi said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM accused the Congress of protecting infiltrators, and added that the BJP is &#8220;committed to end illegal immigration, and so the next five years are very important for the state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also claimed that the Congress, being out of power in Assam for 10 years, is &#8220;more dangerous than when it was in power, and this is evident from the venomous statements made by its leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For seven decades, the Congress built only three bridges over the Brahmaputra, but the BJP government constructed five bridges in 10 years, he asserted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM said all-round development is taking place in Assam due to the efforts of the BJP government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The BJP is committed to protect Assam&#8217;s identity and its traditions,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Modi said the credit for BJP&#8217;s success goes only to the party workers, and it believes in organisational strength.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Being a BJP worker is my biggest qualification and honour, it&#8217;s my source of pride,&#8221; the prime minister said. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUWAHATI, 14 Feb: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Congress, accusing it of neglecting the Northeast and promoting insurgency in Assam during its rule. Addressing a public meeting here that also included BJP workers, Modi alleged that the Congress always endangered the nation&#8217;s security, with fear and insecurity prevailing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-278109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278113,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278109\/revisions\/278113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}