May 9th 2024.
Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister of Assam, spoke at a rally in Malkangiri and promised to provide free pilgrimage to five lakh people from Odisha to Ayodhya's Ram temple if the BJP wins the election in the state. He also took a dig at the ruling BJD for naming villages in Malkangiri district with numbers.
Addressing the crowd at Kalimela, Sarma shared his plan of taking one lakh people from Assam to Ayodhya and covering all the costs. He then went on to say that since Odisha is a bigger state, it deserves to have this facility for five lakh people. He assured the audience that a new BJP chief minister will make this pilgrimage possible if the party wins in Odisha.
Sarma also made an effort to connect with the large Bengali-speaking population in Malkangiri district by promising to appoint Bengali teachers and fulfilling other demands. He mentioned that after the 1971 Bangladesh war, about one lakh Bengali-speaking people were rehabilitated in Malkangiri district.
The BJP leader then took a swipe at the naming system of villages in the district, where they are given numbers like 'MV-82, MV-83'. He compared it to the practice of assigning numbers to inmates in jails and called it a dishonour to the people. Sarma promised to change the names of these villages and appoint Bengali teachers, assuring the people that these are two guarantees of the BJP.
He also criticized the BJD government for failing to provide employment opportunities to the youth of Odisha. Sarma claimed that the youth are not getting jobs and even the question papers are being leaked. He promised to provide jobs to three lakh youths based on their merit if the BJP forms the government in the state. The rally ended with Sarma's firm assertion that the BJP will bring about positive changes in Odisha if given a chance.
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