Assam Assembly Deputy Speaker Numal Momin on Wednesday took a dig at Congress following its announcement of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Nyay Yatra and said that the Wayanad MP should first deliver “nyay” (justice) to the people of the northeast who suffered during the regime of his party.
“I want to ask Rahul Gandhi that, what Nyay he has delivered to the people of the northeast region including 855 youths who were killed during the Assam Movement, in the 1992 riots in Manipur how many people died, the people died in a bomb blast in Mizoram in 1966. How many innocent people died in the insurgency period in the northeast region,” Dr Numal Momin said while speaking to ANI.
However, Momin said that he “welcomes” the Congress leader in the region for his yatra.
“We welcome Rahul Gandhi in the Northeast region for Bharat Nyay Yatra. But at the same time, I want to ask Rahul Gandhi that what Nyay he has delivered to the people of the northeast region. If Rahul Gandhi can deliver Nyay to them, then it is a very welcome step from his side,” he added.
Calling Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Nyay Yatra just a “drama”, Dr Numal Momin said that the Congress leader himself is not getting justice from the INDIA bloc as the leaders of the Opposition reportedly proposed the name of Mallikarjun Kharge instead of the Wayanad MP.
“In the previous meeting of INDI Alliance, TMC and AAP proposed Mallikarjun Kharge as their PM face. Rahul Gandhi is not getting nyay from his own alliance, then what the Nyay he can deliver to the people of Northeast region and the country,” the Deputy Speaker of Assam Assembly and senior BJP leader said.
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Momin said that the former should embark on his yatra only after giving justice to the people of the northeast region.