Golaghat/Nagaon: Congress leader Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the ruling BJP in Assam was functioning like a mafia and running syndicates.

Addressing a rally here, the Congress’ General Secretary said, “The saffron party in the state has two ‘factions’, both of which have betrayed people.” The Congress leader compared Assam’s BJP leadership with ‘Dritarashtra’ and ‘Shakuni’, characters in the epic Mahabharata. Dhritarashtra was known to be a blind ruler while Shakuni was a political manipulator. She alluded by saying, “...in the Assam government, there is a Shakuni Mama-like leader and a Dritarashtra. Both of them and the BJP have betrayed the people of Assam.”

Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took part in an election rally at Batadraba HS School ground, 15 KM from Nagaon district headquarters. More than 10,000 Congress supporters took part in this rally.

Earlier, she had addressed another election rally at Naltoli in Koliabor constituency of Nagaon.