Updated On: 18 January, 2024 07:36 AM IST | Guwahati | Agencies
The CM dismissed Congress’ allegations the form-distribution schedule of the newly-announced scheme for rural women has been fixed in a such a manner that it clashes with the yatra itinerary in those districts and adjoining areas

Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said he has cancelled all his prefixed programmes in the state’s upper districts on January 18-19, in order to avoid a clash with events of Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in those areas.
He also claimed that people are now ashamed of attending gatherings and meetings of the Congress. “Rahul Gandhi (yatra schedule) is coinciding with our welfare dates (dates on which forms are to be distributed for a new scheme). These dates were declared even before we knew he was coming,” Sarma told a press conference.