Oppositions parties Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) have flayed the ruling BJP for ”playing politics” by bringing dissident Shiv Sena MLAs, led by Eknath Shinde, here when Assam was reeling under devastating floods.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi said that while ”floods in Assam make people suffer, the diversion of government resources towards guarding Maharashtra MLAs is heartless and cold-blooded”.
”Until the BJP is ousted, Indian people will continue to be a casualty”, he tweeted.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev said, ”I hear MLAs of Maharashtra coming to Assam as part of the poaching exercise”.
”Parts of Assam are so flooded that there is no drinking water or electricity. Please don’t distract @himantabiswa he needs to focus on this grave situation”, she tweeted.
Congress state unit President Bhupen Bora said in a statement that at a time when 55 lakh people have been affected and 89 people lost their lives due to the devastating floods, the Chief Minister is extending royal hospitality to 40 MLAs who flew in from Maharashtra in a ”conspiratorial planned process to form a BJP government.
At a time when people are spending sleepless nights due to the floods, the
”disgusting politics of the Chief Minister has brought shame to the people of the state”, Bora said.
AJP President Lurinjyoti Gogoi said that the recent political happenings in Maharashtra is a blatant attempt by the BJP to destroy ”Marathi regionalism”.
”It has always been the strategy of the BJP to subjugate regional forces and narratives. It is unacceptable and unforgivable”, Gogoi tweeted.
At the same time, when Assam is reeling under destructive floods, ”the BJP government in the state is busy splitting the Shiv Sena. Such is the commitment of BJP to Assam.#Maharashtra should take note and give a befitting reply”, he added.
A group of Maharashtra MLAs, led by dissident Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, arrived here on Wednesday morning by a charter aircraft and were taken to a luxury hotel on the outskirts of the city amid tight security.
The Chief Minister said that he would welcome people from across the country and abroad to visit the state and he will be happy if it becomes an ”international political epicentre” as long as revenue comes in at a time when it is in dire need of it due to the devastating floods.
