Congress launches ‘Assam Jodo Yatra’

Guwahati : The Congress on Tuesday launched the ‘Assam Jodo Yatra’ from the state’s Dhubri district as a part of its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ campaign which is currently passing through the southern region of the country.
The yatra launched by the state unit of the Congress will cover a distance of 834 km from Dhubri to Sadiya in the next 70 days.
It started from Golakganj town in Dhubri district near India-Bangladesh border. Several top Congress leaders of the state were present at the launch of the yatra.
Assam Congress president Bhupen Borah, Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi, and the party in charge in Assam Jitendra Singh were at the Golakganj for the commencement of the yatra.
Borah said: “To give response to BJP’s divisive politics in the state, the Congress party has launched this Assam Jodo. This has started from the west part of Assam and will finally reach Sadiya in the easternmost part of the state.” Also Read AFSPA may be withdrawn from more places in Assam, says Sarma Bordoloi mentioned that India has been clearly divided into two parts by the BJP in the last eight years.