Regarding the security concerns Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is facing in Assam, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Security concerns raised during the previous few days at the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam were also covered in Kharge’s letter, which was sent on Tuesday night. In his letter to Amit Shah, Kharge stated that on January 18, 2024, Day 1 of the Yatra’s entry into Assam, miscreants connected to the BJP were discovered destroying and destroying posters and hoardings of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (BJNY) in Lakhimpur District, while on Day 2, the Assam Police was found guarding the BJP posters in Sibsagar district’s Amguri, rather than ensuring the Yatra’s safe passage.
“On the 21st of January, 2024 as the Yatra returned to Assam via Arunachal Pradesh, another outrageous attack occurred on the Yatra in Sonitpur district. The local Superintendent of Police in Sonitpur District happens to be the brother of Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma. He watched to see that BJP workers attacked and manhandled the Indian National Congress’ social media team, along with our General Secretary, Jairam Ramesh. Jairam Ramesh’s car was attacked while miscreants were shouting anti-BJNY slogans, tearing off the BJNY sticker on the vehicle, and attempting to throw water on the passengers inside,” further read the letter.
“On the same day in Sonitpur district, the BJP’s district party workers approached and blocked Rahul Gandhi’s convoy. The BJP’s workers then physically assaulted Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhupen Borah, resulting in him bleeding profusely,” it added.
The letter further mentioned that on the next evening, BJP workers blocked Rahul Gandhi’s convoy, coming extremely close to him and creating an extremely unsafe situation in Nagaon district.