Guwahati: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal declared on February 21 that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) main platform for the impending 2024 Lok Sabha elections is “Hindutva.”
He was speaking at a press conference in Bilasipara in the Dhubri district of Assam.
”Both BJP and RSS came with a Hindutva agenda and since then it all started. For the 2024 election, BJP doesn’t have any agenda in their hand other than making India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ that people will vote for. However, people who don’t agree with them will not vote as they other than this don’t have any alternative,” he added.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was also harshly criticised by Ajmal for his alleged overconfidence in a number of areas.
”On several issues, we are seeing that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is being overconfident and this is not good. Overconfidence is a very bad thing,” Ajmal said.
Ajmal also claimed that Delhi is supporting Sarma on several issues so one should not be under the impression that there is no him.
”There’s no one on him, it’s not like that. He has Delhi on him,” he added.
Ajmal continued to criticise the Assam chief minister, claiming that since Sarma took office, Muslims in the state have been vanishing because he only targets one religion.
”The kind of attitude he carries with himself regarding Muslims will cost him one day as people in Assam don’t want division between Hindus and Muslims. Presently, 99 per cent of people are secular in Assam,” Ajmal said while warning Assam CM.
At the latter portion of the press conference, he also challenged Congress leader Bhupen Bora to run for office from Dhubri and attacked him as a cheap politician.
”I have never challenged Bhupen Bora but now I am challenging him that if you have guts and then come and fight with me from Dhubri. We are not cheap politicians like Bhupen Bora. They are doing cheap politics and we can’t stoop to such a level,” he added.