Guwahati, April 6: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, accusing the party of committing “five major sins” against the people of Assam since independence.

Addressing election rallies at Bokakhat and Naduar, Chouhan alleged that during the 1947 partition, Congress leaders were “in favour of handing over Assam to Pakistan,” but the state’s first Chief Minister Gopinath Bordoloi fought to keep it within India.

He said the second “sin” occurred during the 1962 India-China war, when then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru “bade farewell to the state and left it to its fate.”

The third, Chouhan claimed, was Congress “allowing infiltrators to settle in the state and giving them protection,” which he said strained resources and employment opportunities. He asserted that the BJP is committed to freeing land from “the clutches of infiltrators.”

The fourth alleged failure was Congress’s inability to create jobs, forcing Assam’s youth to migrate for work. The fifth, he said, was weakening democracy and promoting dynastic politics.

Chouhan also accused the Congress of neglecting tea garden workers for decades, saying they were denied land rights despite contributing to the global tea industry. “It is the BJP government at the Centre and state that ensured land rights for the workers,” he said.

Campaigning for NDA candidates, Chouhan spoke in support of AGP minister Atul Bora at Bokakhat and BJP candidate Padma Hazarika at Naduar.