Bus yatras will show that Congress stands with people of Assam: Sushmita

By Anand Singh Guwahati, Feb 10 : With the planned bus yatras ahead of the Assembly polls in Assam, the Congress intends to connect with the people in the remotest parts directly to give them a sense that the party stands with them to save the northeastern state from the policies of the BJP.
Speaking to IANS, senior Congress leader Sushmita Dev, who will be leading the ‘Axom Basaon Ahok’ bus yatra in the Barak Valley of the state, said, “We have split Assam into four groups — upper Assam, lower Assam, middle Assam and Barak Valley. There are four people who will lead the yatras in every region.” According to Dev, Pradyut Bordoloi, chairperson of the party’s campaign committee, will begin his bus yatra on February 12 from Bordua Satra, the birthplace of Srimant Sankardev that falls under the Batadraba Assembly constituency in Nagaon district, while Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Debabrata Saikia will kick off his bus yatra on February 12 after paying homage to Piyali Phukan at his memorial in Sivasagar city.
Congress MP from Kaliabor, Gaurav Gogoi, will begin his yatra from Guwahati, while Dev will start her bus yatra from Silchar enroute the Barak Valley.
Dev said that the idea behind the bus yatra is to cover two constituencies in a day, and not hold massive rallies.
“Through these bus yatras, we will meet people from different sections of the society and discuss their issues and problems. It will not be a one-way dialouge, as people will be allowed to speak. We will take notes of the every issue raised by the people, which will be later included in the party’s manifesto,” she said.