UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday lauded the efforts of Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi to end insurgency and put the state on the path of development.
Addressing the official celebration of the first year of the third consecutive term of the Gogoi-led Congress government, Mrs Gandhi said, “I am happy to note that the UPA and the Congress-led Assam government’s efforts to end insurgency through dialogue have yielded positive results and most of the insurgent groups have agreed to abjure the path of violence.” She added: “I am hopeful that those insurgent groups who have not joined the peace process will also realise the futility of violence and join the peace process.”
Asserting that the third consecutive term of Mr Gogoi in the state also implies that people of the state have expressed their faith in the policies of the Congress, Mrs Gandhi said, “Chief minister Tarun Gogoi assumed power in the state 11 years ago when its condition was pathetic. Assam was in a state of chaos and disarray... Insurgency was at its height, the treasury was empty, government employees were not paid salaries, development was at an all-time low, industries and industrialists were fleeing.”
The people of the state joined hands with the Congress to change the situation and take the state forward on the road of development, she said, adding that state was now on the path of prosperity.
There has been significant improvement in the condition of roads while there is increased investment in the power sector, she said.