Assam: Congress protests against rising electricity prices in Guwahati

On Thursday, the Assam Congress Committee organized a protest in the state capital of Guwahati and set fire to a notice of the state’s increased electricity rates. In his attack on the Himanta Biswa Sarma administration, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi claimed that the BJP-led administration is using Assamese citizens as a personal ATM to evade their own debts.

“CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is is treating the people of Assam as his personal ATM. Every time the government runs into debt, the BJP government increases the tax, electiricty bill, all forms of duties and toll tax. Therefore, poor people have to bear the burden of the failures of the BJP,” said Congress MP Gogoi.
He further alleged that people having conections with CM Himanta Biswa Sarma are increasingly buying land in Assam while the poor are getting even poorer.