Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Assam government, accusing it of deliberately creating unrest and failing to address long-pending land problems in Karbi Anglong district. Speaking to the media, Gogoi alleged that peace would not return to Karbi Anglong as long as Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma remains in power. He further claimed that the land crisis in the hill district would continue under the present leadership, including the current Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council leadership. The APCC president said that people in Karbi Anglong were struggling due to unresolved land disputes and rising tensions between communities.
According to him, the state government has failed to take genuine steps to bring lasting peace. He argued that a change in government was necessary so that people could live with dignity, peace, and self-respect. Gogoi accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government of encouraging divisions among different ethnic and social groups for political benefit. He also alleged that the government was planning to hand over land to large corporate interests, claiming that land could be transferred to capitalists “at the press of a single button.”
Raising concerns over PGR (Professional Grazing Reserve) and VGR (Village Grazing Reserve) land, Gogoi said the government had shown no real intention to resolve these sensitive issues. He stressed that disputes in Karbi Anglong should be settled through dialogue and strictly within the framework of the law. The Congress leader further claimed that the present government had damaged the social harmony of Assam that, according to him, was carefully built during the tenure of former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.