Congress veteran and former union minister P Chidambaram has appealed all the anti-BJP parties in the Northeast to unite against the saffron party.
“Anti-BJP parties in Northeast must unite and fight together against the saffron party to overthrow it from power,” Chidambaram said.
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Chidambaram was in Guwahati for the three-day state-level training camp of the Assam Congress held at the Srimanta Sankardev Kalakhetra.
Indicating at defection of Congress MLAs in Assam to the BJP Chidambaram said: “Politicians should adhere to the party ideologies even if it loses an election,”
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Responding to a query on “Congress-mukt Northeast”, the senior Congress leader said that “there was a time when all the Northeast states were under Congress rule”.
He added: “I wouldn’t be surprised if the former Congress leaders who are now in the BJP, return to the Congress if it wrests power in New Delhi.”
Shri @PChidambaram_IN Ji recieves rousing welcome from Assam PCC today at Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati.@JitendraSAlwar @BhupenKBorah @DsaikiaOfficial pic.twitter.com/r8CzeUf9Tj
— Assam Congress (@INCAssam) December 16, 2021