Congress didn't allow peace in Assam, PM Modi restored it: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday alleged that the Congress did not allow peace to prevail in Assam, but PM Narendra Modi restored it, developed infrastructure and ensured employment for the youth of the northeastern state. Shah was speaking after inaugurating the revamped Lachit Barphukan Police Academy at Dergaon in Assam. "Over 10,000 youths have laid down arms and joined the mainstream in Assam, with peace returning to the state during the last 10 years,” he said. He alleged, "I have also been beaten up by the Congress government in Assam. Hiteshwar Saikia was the Chief Minister of Assam and we used to raise slogans against former PM Indira Gandhi... I too had jail's food for seven days in Assam."

असम की जनता की आवाज़ उठाने के लिए असम की कांग्रेस सरकार ने 7 दिनों के लिए मुझे जेल भेजा था: आदरणीय @AmitShah जी

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Amit Shah said, in the coming five years, the police academy will become the best police academy in the whole country. He thanked  Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for naming it after Lachit Barphukan. "Brave warrior Lachit Barphukan helped Assam to be victorious against the Mughals... Lachit Barphukan was limited to the state of Assam only but today the biography of Lachit Barphukan is being taught in 23 languages ​​and is inspiring students," he said.  
Chief Minister Sarma said that Assam is emerging as a safe state under the guidance of PM Modi. "In the last 4 years, crime rate has reduced by 60%, chargesheet rate has increased from 46% to 66%, and cases of atrocities against women have come down from 26,000 to 5,000," he said.