SHILLONG, OCT 28: The Congress is rejuvenating in the North East and will reclaim every inch of ground it has lost, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said here on Wednesday.
Chowdhury, who held a meeting with party leaders and workers in Shillong, said the party has suffered due to political poaching and communal politics.
“The North East is a region where we have to strive hard to restore our lost ground. In Meghalaya also, like other states, we have been subjected to political poaching by the ruling dispensation,” he said.
Hitting out at the BJP, he said, “We are suffering because of communal polarisation and narrow politics played by the ruling dispensation. Most regional parties in the NE have become alliance partners of the government and they are exhausting their resources to weaken the Congress to continue in power.”
Despite this, Chowdhury said the party cadre remains energised.
“You have observed today the enthusiasm of our party workers at the party office. We have been discussing our strategies. Like in other parts of the country, the Congress here too is rejuvenating,” he said.
He asserted that the North East would return to the Congress fold.
“Each and every inch of the NE region which we have lost will be restored by whatever means. Today or tomorrow, the NE will again be back in the fold of the Congress party,” he added.
